The Minister for foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier said about the importance of the cessation of hostilities in all regions of Eastern Ukraine.

"We hope that the parties will continue to advance the hard way in Accordance with the Minsk agreements. We hope that they will move towards resolution of the fall. And it is important that all regions of Eastern Ukraine ended combat operations have ended the conflict, " Steinmeier told reporters after talks in Volgograd with the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.

The German Minister came with a one-day working visit to the city-hero Volgograd to commemorate the fallen in the battle against fascism in the Second world war.

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