Kiev Authorities are Still Unwilling to Take Steps Towards the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements.

• 05.11.2016, 16:46
•  Europe,  EEU,  World

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a  meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of the foreign ministers of the Normandy Four (Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine), TASS reports.

During the meeting the parties have discussed the Ukrainian settlement, in particular, the implementation of the Minsk agreements, compliance with the ceasefire, local elections, amnesty, Constitutional reforms and prisoner exchanges.

Ahead of the meeting, Moscow called the situation with the Minsk-2 implementation "deplorable."The Kremlin has also announced that "the Normandy process is now the main basis for searching how to resolve the crisis in Ukraine."

 Earlier, on Tuesday, Berlin hosted the meeting of the Normandy Four (Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine) deputy foreign ministers to prepare the ministerial meeting.

In comments on its outcome, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told  that, unfortunately, Kiev authorities are still either unable or unwilling to take steps towards the implementation of the Minsk agreements.