The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, the foreign Minister of France Laurent Fabius in a telephone conversation highlighted positive developments in the implementation of the military aspects of the Minsk agreements notified to the Internet presentation of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

"The interlocutors stressed the positive developments in the implementation of the military aspects of the Minsk agreement of February 12, 2015 and noted the need for increased efforts on the execution of the fixed therein humanitarian and socio-economic obligations, as well as the implementation of political reforms," said the report.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The resolution of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, during meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

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