The visit of U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry in Sochi allowed the parties to better understand the need to avoid steps that could complicate bilateral relations, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In.. "A realistic path to the settlement of the Ukrainian fall - ed) runs through complete and consistent implementation of the Minsk agreements of February 12, which is fixed by resolution resolution of the UN security Council and are of an international legal character. Confirmed this approach, incidentally, and United States Secretary of state John Kerry is in the process of negotiations on may 12 in Sochi, which seems to have raised awareness of the need to avoid steps that can cause long-lasting harm and cooperation of the pair of countries in different regions, " Lavrov said, speaking at the government hour in the Federation Council. The Minister recalled that the common efforts of Russia and the USA on the international arena depends a lot of critical issues." According to Lavrov, the US " participate in the Affairs of Ukraine for a long time, but not always constructively." Because of this, the Russian Federation hopes that Washington use its influence to deter Kiev from " new ventures ".