Direct dialogue between Kiev and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics is the basis for the settlement of the situation in the Donbass, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In.. "The most important component of success is the establishment of direct dialogue between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk ", - said Lavrov at a press conference on the results of the negotiations on the last working day of the week with the foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov. The Russian Minister also drew attention to the need " to fully implement the consensus of 12 February that were reached in Minsk ". "We appreciate Kazakhstan's role in creating the right atmosphere around international discussions, so that the efforts of all international players to steer in one direction: towards the motives of the parties to the strict execution of what is agreed," said Lavrov. The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people. 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. 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 "