The Minsk agreement aimed at stabilizing Ukraine's relations with Russia and the EU, They are a kind of "compass" of action for all parties, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of France Laurent Fabius in interview to the edition. "The Minsk agreement are our common responsibility, They define the rules under which Ukraine may establish relations both with Russia and with the EU. They are our compass, " said Fabius. The head of the French foreign Ministry said that the resolution of the situation in Ukraine lies in the awareness of responsibility taken on their own shoulders all parties of the Minsk agreements, and not in the confidence of the parties. "We are not naive, and the problem is not the presence or absence of trust. Currently it is necessary to remind each other that neither one nor the other does not have the ability to do anything but to keep his promises, otherwise They will be severely punished, " drew the attention of Fabius. Fabius has supplemented his words by the fact that France " stands for the ceasefire and the early holding in the Donbas new elections According to the Constitution of Ukraine ". The Minister said that Moscow times " boldly comments on the events, claiming that the actions of the militias in the East of Ukraine does not depend." on August 24 scheduled meeting of the President of Ukraine Poroshenko with President of the French Republic Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which is expected to discuss the situation in the Donbass. 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, 8 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 Plenipotentiaries of Ukraine and Western countries many times accused the Russian Federation of interfering in the conflict in the Donbass. Evidence for this was provided. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation called the statement " public unsubstantiated insinuations ". Moscow has stated many times that completely uninvolved in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, does not supply the militia military equipment and ammunition, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.