Lavrov said the need to extend the truce in Ukraine
The Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century in conversation With U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry said the renewal of the ceasefire and the start of negotiations of the opposing sides in Ukraine, said on Thursday at the Internet presentation of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The conversation was held on the initiative of America on June 26.
" When obgovarivaju situation in Ukraine S. Century Lavrov stressed the need to extend the ceasefire and prompt start of direct negotiations between the conflicting parties, building on the results of the first consultations authorized Kiev and South-East in Donetsk on June 23, according to the report.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people With the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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The plan consists of fifteen steps and provides security guarantees for all parties to the negotiations: the exemption from liability under the criminal code, those who have laid down their arms and have not committed serious crimes, as well as the release of the hostages.
in addition, it is expected to make a 10-kilometer buffer zone in the Ukrainian-Russian state border. The plan calls for " withdrawal of illegal armed groups, the development of secure corridor for Russian and Ukrainian mercenaries, disarmament ".