Moscow is certain that the Ukrainian people are wise enough to restore national unity, said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov in the process of reception on the occasion of the Orthodox Easter.

"We believe that the Ukrainian people have the wisdom and foresight to restore national unity, reject attempts to lead this country on a dead end path of extreme nationalism and xenophobia, following which, as history shows, always turns into a disaster," He said.

Lavrov expressed hope that the Ukrainian people " will not give the opportunity to make themselves pawns in the game, rates which are appointed from afar."

He showed that the path to peace in Ukraine " does not have the ability to be easy ".

"But it is important that there is a roadmap for a political settlement in the form of the Minsk agreement of 12 February. The challenge now is to implement them in good faith in full ", - said the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

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