The head of the MFA of Russia "channel format" called contact group on the settlement of the Ukraine to meet in the coming days in order to make progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements on the settlement.

"Ministers agitate the contact group to meet in the coming days in order to provide progress towards the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, including the development of the essential conditions for effective ceasefire," said the General statement of the Ministers of foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine.

As the document says, " this will help prepare for a successful summit in Astana ".

The Ministers stressed that Minsk consensus remain the basis for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.

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