The head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin considers the Normandy format at this stage an effective tool for condemnation of specific issues to resolve the situation in Donbass. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, in the "Normandy format" (Russia, France, Germany, Ukraine). In the Polish capital was proposed to move the dialogues in the " Geneva format ", i.e. when the support of the USA and Poland, as neighboring Russia and Ukraine in the country. Ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko Rana said that the Normandy and Minsk formats do not give results, for this reason we need a new one, with the participation of the United States. However, agreements to stop the fire turned out to only be achieved in Minsk during the meeting of the contact group with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE. "I think that the Normandy format is effective as a tool to discuss specific issues. Still, at least ", - said the Head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin at the meeting of the inter-parliamentary Council Ukraine-NATO on the first day of the week in Kiev. He said that in this format, Germany and France have the mandate and responsibility delegated to the EU." for this reason, it is for the EU to decide whether we need to improve this format, " - said the Minister. 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, 4 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. 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.