Russia will seek from Kiev implementation of the commitments made at the meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the "Norman Quartet" on April 13 in Berlin, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..
"We will urge the Ukrainian colleagues the execution of what we negotiate," said he at a press conference in the Russian capital.
Lavrov recalled that in Berlin agreed, for example, to take steps to withdraw from the contact line in Donbass weapons with a calibre less than 100 mm, however, shortly after meeting the Ukrainian side has proposed a number of conditions precedent, including the requirement of complete silence that " hardly realistic ", RIA " Novosti "." I hope that our Western partners still clear who is now holding up the implementation of agreements, and that, most importantly, Berlin and Paris realize their responsibility for the decision and will to pursue them ", - noted the Minister. On the first day of the week in Berlin the head of foreign Ministers "channel four" held dialogues on the situation in Ukraine. Following the meeting, the Ministers called for the observance of the Minsk agreements and the withdrawal of heavy weapons, as well as among them tanks. In addition, the negotiators called for a contact group without delay to make four working groups for Ukraine. In Kiev on the results of the negotiations said that the foreign Minister was unable to come to a consensus on a number of issues. As reported by results of negotiations of head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov, the idea of the introduction of peacekeepers in Ukraine is not developed in the negotiating process. According to his statement, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine mentioned this issue, but none of the Ministers of other countries did not respond. The issue of the peacekeepers was not in any way mentioned in the final statement of the foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Lavrov also said that the Ministers of foreign Affairs of the countries "channel four" expressed concern about the ongoing economic blockade by Kiev Donbass.

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