Ambassador: Ukraine will be the main topic of talks between the foreign Ministers of Austria and Russia
The progress of the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the situation in Eastern Ukraine will be in the focus of the talks the foreign Minister of Austria Sebastian Kurz in the Russian capital, said the Austrian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Emil Brix.
first it was claimed that Kurtz will visit 4-5 may the Russian capital, where he will meet, for example, with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
"on the agenda, Clearly, the situation in Ukraine, the full implementation of the Minsk agreements and the role of the OSCE because of this," said the BRICs in conversation Sputnik.
The diplomat has noticed that for the settlement of the Ukrainian fall " ought to apply to the organization as much as possible ".
Speaking about the bilateral relations of Russia and Vienna, he clarified long-standing and fruitful nature of the interaction between pairs of countries." I've always believed that if such culturally and historically close countries, like Russia and Austria, are working together, it increases the probability of bringing to a positive outcome, " said Brix.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.
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