The negotiators of the contact group on Ukraine in Minsk managed "a little progress" towards the settlement of the fall in the Donbass, said on Thursday the Minister for foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier. yesterday in Minsk dialogues of the contact group on the settlement of the Ukraine And the first meeting of the working groups in specific areas. "currently the face of the memory of the Stalingrad we must strive to ensure that as soon as possible a peaceful method to resolve the Ukrainian conflict. And Yesterday we had a little progress in this direction in a meeting of the trilateral contact group And were the first contacts of the working groups, " said Steinmeier at a press conference on results of negotiations with head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. According to Steinmeier, " it means the transition to the next phase of implementation of the Minsk agreements ".