On the first day of the week on the initiative of the Russian side had a telephone conversation of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov and Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin. "They discussed topical issues of implementation of Complex of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements of February 12, 2015, including the need for the speedy establishment of sub-working groups of the Contact group with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Luhansk and the OSCE ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the Foreign Ministry. They announced that Lavrov announced the appointment of the new Russian envoy in the Contact group, Ambassador for special assignments of the Ministry of Azamat Kulmukhametova." Careful attention was paid to the dire humanitarian situation in the South-East of Ukraine and ways of its overcoming, including assistance to the population of the region ", - stressed the Foreign Ministry. Before the Russian Federation in the Contact group was represented by Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov. on 22 April, foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov did not rule out the recall of the U.S. Ambassador in Kiev Mikhail Zurabov, but did not specify any terms.