Russia is ready to work constructively in the forthcoming meetings in the channel format (France, Russia, Germany, Ukraine) and hopes for a similar attitude from negotiating partners, said Last news Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin.

He confirmed that the Russian Federation will take part in the meeting at the level of policydirector that." The Russian Federation will provide the Director of the second Department of CIS Victor Sorokin, " Karasin said, adding that the agenda of the forthcoming meeting were discussed during a telephone conversation of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the countries concerned and includes the whole range of issues, as well as among them Minsk consensus.

first, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the meeting in the channel format at the level of foreign Ministers will be held fifteen January in Astana. Karasin said that the timing of the meetings of Ministers of foreign Affairs depend on the forthcoming negotiations of policydirector.

" Naturally, in the field of view of the participants of the meeting will be to prepare for the Ministerial meeting in the same format in the next few days, but it all depends on this meeting (at the level of policydirector). Any time possible, the main thing is that the meeting was constructive. We to this constructive work ready, let's see how ready to do the same work constructively with our partners in the so-called channel format, " Karasin said.

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