MINSK (Sputnik) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday called for the full implementation of the Minsk agreements on Ukrainian reconciliation without rewriting the logic of the peace accord.
"It [the Minsk package of measures] should be fully implemented without any deletions [from the text of the agreement] and without attempts to rewrite the logic and sequence contained therein," Lavrov said, following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei.
The Minsk deal on Ukrainian reconciliation was struck in February 2015 by Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France and later signed by Kiev and the pro-independence militias in southeastern Ukraine. The deal stipulates a full ceasefire, a weapons withdrawal from the line of contact in eastern Ukraine, an all-for-all prisoner exchange and constitutional reforms, which would give a special status to the DPR and LPR.
Despite the fact that the agreement was reached over a year ago, major sections remain to be completed and both sides have repeatedly reported violations of the deal.