Foreign Minister “Norman Four” called on the parties in Ukraine to stop violating the Minsk agreement – NTV.ru

Sergey Lavrov , Russian Foreign Minister: “We managed to maintain the purity of what our Heads of State agreed in Minsk on 12 February. The foreign ministers of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine reaffirmed their commitment to the agreements that were reached in Minsk, said that it is necessary to fully implement the decisions of the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons ».

In addition, the Minister of Foreign Affairs” Norman Quartet “called parties in Ukraine to stop any incidents.

Sergey Lavrov : «We talked today with representatives of the OSCE. They provided us an objective picture of what is happening. Violations, unfortunately, happen on both sides. This reflects in the daily reports of the OSCE mission. We are in our statement called for an end to any incidents and strict implementation of what leaders agreed to “Norman four” ?? withdrawal of all heavy weapons in accordance with the agreed timetable and a cease-fire. This is our firm position, we are grateful to our partners for what they support it ».

In turn, the German foreign minister said after the meeting that the talks” Norman Four “in Berlin confirmed the differences in the positions of Kiev and Moscow on the crisis in eastern Ukraine.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier , German Foreign Minister “We had an intense and somewhat controversial conversation. He revealed differences of opinion between Kiev and Moscow. Today’s meeting confirmed the extent to which all easy. The path will be long, but if we do not go on it, then the situation could spiral out of control ».

The German minister also said that Ukraine has agreed to appoint its representatives in the sub-working groups within the Contact Group.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier : «We agreed that finally will be established four working subgroups. I assume that at the next meeting of the Contact Group will be announced the names of representatives. Ukraine also promised to do it. This will help improve the humanitarian situation in the east of the country, infrastructure rehabilitation ».

In Berlin in the mansion of the German diplomatic corps concluded negotiations of the foreign ministers of the Norman Quartet. The main theme of the meeting was the realization of the Minsk agreement of February 12, in particular ?? political part of these agreements.