All Normandy Four Leaders Admit Minsk Agreements Have No Alternatives

All the participants of the Berlin meeting of the Normandy format admitted that there was no alternative to the Minsk agreements on the Ukrainian settlement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday.

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK (Sputnik) – Peskov also noted, that the ministers and assistants of the heads of states will hold a meeting within a month, and continue to elaborate the roadmap despite the dates, set in the agreements, already expired.

“Well, first of all, it is necessary to admit that the Minsk agreements, of course, have not been implemented. Most of the provisions, especially, the political part, are up to Ukraine to implement,” Peskov told “Vesti v Subbotu” news program.

“Confirmation of the fact that the text of the Minsk agreements has no alternatives is also very important,” Peskov added, stressing, that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko also admitted the fact.

“Yes, Poroshenko admitted it. Everybody admitted, that the text of the Minsk agreements is the starting point,” Peskov said.

Moreover, Peskov added, that nobody, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, objected to the deployment of the Organization of the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) mission in eastern Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine gathered in Berlin for the Normandy Four talks. The main issues of the talks were the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis and the situation in Syria.