On the issue of the Minsk agreements, of the items which must be completed by the end of 2015, not so much the term as the fact of their performance, said Last news EU Ambassador in Russia Vygaudas Usackas.

"The main question is not when will that be 31 December or 2 January, or later, and How important it is to play them at all. But the earlier - the better ", - said the Ambassador.

according to his statement at the signing of the Minsk agreements, the objective was, " to have everything completed by the end of this year."

"But we must understand that, unfortunately, the Ukrainian border troops have not have the opportunity to assure the restoration observations on the border, and elections were postponed. It turns out that the Minsk agreement has not been done ", - said the head of the Department.

Ninth paragraph - the restoration of Ukraine monitoring of the state border in the area of conflict had to be implemented subject to the implementation of paragraph eleven - the entry into force of the new Constitution, a key element of which must be articles on decentralization and a special status.

"How will this be done - it already a question to the Norman group, which is the author of," said he to the question about the prospects of extension of time agreements for next year.

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