German foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that the crisis in Ukraine cannot be resolved by military means and tried to convince them to return to a diplomatic solution.
"for this reason We are obliged to return to diplomatic way (conflict resolution)", he said after meeting with the countries of the Visegrad group in Bratislava. Steinmeier noticed that the Parties to the conflict are obliged to avoid any steps that are able to lead to further escalation of the situation, reports Deutsche Welle. For its Part, Minister for foreign Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav laj??k assured the German Minister of the full support of the Ukrainian problem, from Visegrad, which also includes Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary." We all appreciate the leading role of Germany in this matter, " said Lajcak. At the same time Steinmeier confirmed that on may 25 in Paris held a meeting "channel four" at the level of the high position of commissioners of foreign ministries. The parties will discuss the mechanism of supervision over the observance of the truce in the East of Ukraine. Remember, the opposing Parties in the Donbas in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) February fifteen, said the truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, during the last period of time in the Donbass again increased the shelling. The document provides for the withdrawal of all foreign armed forces, military equipment and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine under the supervision of the OSCE

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