MOSCOW (Sputnik) – There was no breakthrough on issues of political settlement in eastern Ukraine during Wednesday talks of Normandy Quartet foreign ministers in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.
"The political settlement process is moving with a lot of difficulties. There were no breakthroughs today," Steinmeier said following the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.
According to Steinmeier, local elections in Donbas remain a key stumbling point in negotiations.
