Victoria Ivanova. The participants of the meeting "channel four" level zaglav the Ministers of France, Germany, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, which took place yesterday in Paris, expressing concern about the violations of the ceasefire in the East of Ukraine, informs the French foreign Ministry. "They meticulously studied all the items in the "package" agreed in Minsk on 12 February, and expressed its General concern about the continued violations of the ceasefire in the East of Ukraine. They paid Close attention to the need for rapid de-escalation of the situation in Shirokino and Donetsk, according to the Ministry of foreign Affairs. The meeting participants called for further progress in regard to the ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons under the control of a special OSCE observation mission in Ukraine. on Wednesday night in Paris ended the regular meeting in the " channel format ". It was held behind closed doors. The Russian delegation was headed by the state Secretary, Deputy head of the foreign Minister Grigory Karasin. The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, under the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.