NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that during the meeting in Munich with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov wants to encourage them to put pressure on the government of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics For a ceasefire in the Donbass.
"I will hold several meetings in Munich. I will meet with the Vice President (USA Joe) Biden, the President of Ukraine Peter Poroshenko, Lavrov and others. My meeting with the Minister of foreign Affairs Lavrov - part political contacts, which We supported with Russia, "said Mr Stoltenberg, RIA" Novosti." For NATO it is important to emphasize that the Russian Federation is responsible for violation of international law, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the Crimea, the destabilization of Eastern Ukraine. We urge the Russian Federation to stop the separatists, not to disturb the Minsk agreement and to use all their influence on the separatists, they comply with the ceasefire, " said the Secretary-General, responding to a question about what position he will take on the negotiations with the Russian Minister. Russia has stated many times that is not a party to domestic conflict, and that Ukraine is not and was not of Russian troops and weapons. So, last week, an official authorized by the Russian defense Ministry, major-General Igor Konashenkov called "hallucinations" and "absolute nonsense" statement of Kiev on the transfer of Russian military in Ukraine. Along with this, on Thursday, the chief of the General staff of the armed forces of Ukraine Colonel-General Viktor Murzenko said that Kyiv has information about the participation of individual Russian Citizens and soldiers of the Russian army in the armed conflict in the Donbass, but said that the Ukrainian army keeps fighting with periodic parts of the Russian army.


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