Russia held difficult negotiations on the issues of the Ukrainian crisis. France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement on joint action to resolve it. Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France held in Berlin quadripartite talks, which were held in the format of the meetings of heads of ministries of foreign Affairs of these States. The meeting was discussionlist the overall resolution of the crisis in Ukraine. According to information from the domestic side, the negotiations led to increased understanding between the parties. "On all these issues has been made concrete progress. Agreed to continue the conversation in this format, the results of which could be represented by precise proposals for discussion leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine", - quotes RIA Novosti news of the Russian foreign Ministry. This Pavlo Klimkin already met on 2 July in Berlin. According to the results of the two-hour talks, we developed a General Declaration, in which the parties approved the commitment to achieve peace in Ukraine. Ministerial meeting, joint difficulties, continued for 6 hours. The German side was informed that the negotiation process was difficult, however on some issues could achieve tangible progress. "Currently in the 2nd half of the day and night we spent many hours together. This meeting, which strive to speak openly, because it is necessary in this situation... Heavy dialogue, but I think and hope that at certain points we have made progress," said Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the meeting. The head of the German foreign Ministry reported that the negotiations have as their task to ensure ceasefire on the East of Ukraine. "The aim is to try to take advantage of available opportunities to Ukraine, in the end, it was agreed ceasefire in order as far as possible to avoid further victims," said he.