The meeting of foreign Ministers "channel four" will be held next Tuesday, June 23, said the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the results of a telephone conversation between the Ministers of foreign Affairs of Russia and France, Sergei Lavrov and Laurent Fabius.
"Agreed to be held on 23 June in Paris next meeting in the "channel format" at the level of Ministers of foreign Affairs to assist the full implementation of the Minsk agreements of February 12, through the mechanisms of the Contact group and its subgroups, including the development of direct dialogue between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk ", - Reported in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
it is stated that during the conversation the Ministers discussed the latest steps in promoting a political settlement of the Ukrainian fall. Wednesday also had a telephone conversation With Lavrov foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier." A Central topic of discussion was the development of the situation in Ukraine and further cooperation in the Normandy format in order to support full implementation of the Minsk agreement of 12 February, " - said in the Ministry." When obgovarivaya results held on 16 June in Minsk meetings of the Contact group and its subgroups the head of the foreign Affairs agencies called for the early douglasiana problems of ensuring ceasefire, humanitarian issues, the start of a political process through the sustainable development of direct dialogue between Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk. Accented the importance bestlocation the cessation of hostilities in Eastern Ukraine and the most important attacks of settlements and civilian infrastructure ", - is informed in the report of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict became 6, 4 thousand People.

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