U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry in a telephone conversation with the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov tried to convince the Russian Federation to achieve accelerated implementation of the Minsk agreements on a settlement in Ukraine, said the state Department.

"in the course of today's telephone conversation with Russian Minister of foreign Affairs Lavrov, Secretary of state Kerry tried to convince the Russian Federation to take the opportunity to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, which represent the next meeting of the trilateral contact group and working groups ", - is informed in the report of the state Department.

They also discussed the Syrian Arab Republic, Iran, Yemen and the Arctic Council, said in an American international Ministry.

The Russian foreign Ministry have said before, that Lavrov and Kerry stressed the importance of efforts to prevent violations of the ceasefire regime in Ukraine, most attacks of settlements.
June 3 in the area of Marinci has been a serious battle, the victims of which, according to the UN, became 34. The military has accused the militia in the attack, the same called statements of Kiev speculation. Authorized self-proclaimed republics said that the Ukrainian Military continues to pull to the contact line of heavy equipment and jet systems of volley fire, and the intensity of the attacks increased. The authorities DND and LNR pushing that War had brought heavy weapons to a safe distance, regulated by the Minsk agreements. Read

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