Moscow and Washington will try to convince the leadership of Ukraine to fulfill obligations under the Geneva de-escalate the confrontation in the Donbass, said to reporters, Minister of foreign Affairs S. Lavrov Century according to the results of a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry on the sidelines of the APEC summit.

in Geneva on 17 April were the dialogues between Ukraine, Russia, USA and EU crisis in the East of Ukraine. The parties came to an agreement on the action to de-escalate conflict. The Russian Federation many times pointed to the failure Ukraine Geneva agreements.

" We discussed and Ukraine. Remembered the Geneva format, when in April in Geneva met the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Russia, USA, Ukraine and the high Commissioner of the European Union. We remembered that in the Geneva Declaration of April 17, the Ukrainian leadership in the person of his Minister pledged to immediately begin the political process of constitutional reform With the participation of all regions, political forces, " Lavrov said.

" John and Carrie agreed that this task is still, and has the ability to be even more relevant than it was in April, when it was suggested immediate beginning of this process. Will try to convince the Ukrainian leadership is a commitment to start doing, " added the Minister, speaking about the results of the meeting.

Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents. According to the UN on 31 October, the number of victims of the conflict exceeded 4 thousand people, more than 9 thousand were injured. With the mediation of the OSCE and Russia agreed a truce with the 5 September. In General it is observed, however, the Parties blame each other in its violation.

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