Lavrov: at the present time there is a chance for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine
There is a real chance for a peaceful resolution of the fall in Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk agreement, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..

There is a real chance for a peaceful resolution of the fall in Ukraine on the basis of the Minsk agreement, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In..
"Today and in truth There is a real chance for a peaceful settlement on the basis of the Minsk agreements ", - he said during the meeting with members of the world coordination Council of Russian compatriots abroad.
According to Lavrov, recorded in the complex of measures on February 12, provisions shall fully and consistently carried out." The key is establishing direct, sustainable dialogue between the Ukrainian authorities and Donetsk and Lugansk ", - noted the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". The results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.
One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read the full text of the Minsk agreements "