The head of the foreign Ministry "channel four" in the negotiations on Ukraine on the first day of the week supported the proposal of the OSCE to consider the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber smaller than 100 mm, as well as tanks, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov on the results of the negotiations " channel four ".

"We also supported the proposals that were put forward in the framework of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE under the proactive joint center for coordination and monitoring of the Russian-Ukrainian about the Fact that, in addition to those types of weapons that ought to take in Accordance with the Minsk agreements, to consider also the question about the Fact that in the same category and were the weapons with a caliber smaller than 100 mm and that these limits also consensus about the discharge of covered tanks ", - said Lavrov.

according to his statement, " it's a pretty specific thing." The Russian side through our representatives in the General coordination and monitoring proposed it a month and a half ago. Then, because it is supported in the " channel format ", I think an important achievement ", - noted the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.


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.

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