The Ministers of foreign Affairs of Russia and Germany discussed further efforts on the execution of the Minsk agreements and the establishment of the national dialogue, informs on the first day of the week.

according to authorities, about this was discussed during a phone conversation between Sergey Lavrov and Frank-Walter Steinmeier on December 29.

" The Ministers stressed the need for further implementation efforts of the Minsk agreements and the establishment of a national dialogue aimed at resolving the fall in Ukraine ", - said in the report.

in addition, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs discussed the development of the situation in Ukraine with regard to the past 24 December in Minsk session of the contact group and the exchange of prisoners between the conflicting parties.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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