The Russian Federation and the United States agreed to use his influence on the Ukrainian side of the conflict, to encourage them to practical execution of the agreements Minsk-2, said Tuesday the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..

"We agreed to apply the influence of the United States and the Russian Federation on the parties to the conflict to consistently and persistently encourage them to explore and reach agreement on the practical performance of all of what was agreed in Minsk," Lavrov said at a press conference on the results of Russian-American negotiations.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

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