Lavrov nourishes the hope that the contact group on Ukraine will meet in time
The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov expressed the hope that the dialogues of the contact group on settlement in the East of Ukraine, as well as all 4 subgroups will be held on June 2 as planned.

The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov expressed the hope that the dialogues of the contact group on settlement in the East of Ukraine, as well as all 4 subgroups will be held on June 2 as planned.
"We sought and on June 2, scheduled synchronous meeting all 4 subgroups. I hope that this date Will be adhered to. It will be important to look at the discussion on the practical provisions, sections of the Minsk document, "the Minister said in the program" international Outlook " on TV
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. Following the meeting of the contact group in early may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. On the following Monday, June 2, in Minsk scheduled meetings 4 working subgroups, and then obliged to place the meeting of the contact group.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
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