The Russian Federation will encourage the Donetsk and Lugansk to implement the Minsk agreement, nourishes the hope that the West will do the same against Kiev, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov In.. "We proceed from the fact that both Germany and France, other colleagues in the EU and the US, at least by the mouth (Secretary of state) John Kerry, when he was in Sochi on may 12, assured us that they will work with the Ukrainian authorities, encouraging them honestly and fully implement the Minsk consensus. Believe, because it is now their obligation, as We will continue to work with Donetsk and Lugansk, encouraging them to continue to constructively advocate for full implementation of the "Minsk-2" - Lavrov said at a press conference on results of negotiations with the foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei. 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.