Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the U.S. assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland that Kiev remains committed to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the parties executes them, informs the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Thursday following their meeting in Kiev on Thursday.

"Arseniy Yatseniuk has noticed that Ukraine is committed to the implementation of the Minsk agreements with private parties to perform them. At the same time, drew the attention of the Prime Minister, Ukraine requires the implementation of all commitments under the Minsk agreements of the Russian Federation ", - is informed in the report.

It is also stated that Nuland highly reviewed the results stay the week Yatsenyuk in the U.S. capital and tangible results investment conference Ukraine-USA, which was held on 13 July, and the results of the visits of the head of the government of Ukraine in Canada and the UK.

"The meeting participants discussed a range of issues, focusing attention on the issue of peaceful settlement and the implementation of the Minsk agreements ", - informs the Cabinet.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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