Russia hopes that the activities of the Council of Europe in Ukraine will play an important role in the execution of the Minsk agreements, said on the first day of the week the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..

The Minister said a number of initiatives of the Council of Europe in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall, for example, the mechanism of the presence of experts of the EC in each of the regions of Ukraine for the study of issues that could contribute to the reform of local government and decentralization.

"This activity is supported by, and supports a vast number of other countries, and we expect that it will bring results and, most importantly, will play a very important role in the progress toward full implementation of the Minsk agreements in this part, which falls under the competence of the Council of Europe," Lavrov said after talks with Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbj?rn Jagland.

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