The Norman Four Foreign Minister agreed on the demarcation line in Ukraine

The Norman Four Foreign Minister at a meeting in Berlin concluded an agreement on the demarcation line in Ukraine, agreed to support the allocation of weapons and continuing the meetings of the contact group. This was stated by German and Russia Foreign Ministers Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Sergey Lavrov, reports Reuters.

The border recorded in the Minsk agreements in Minsk agreements in early September 2014 should be taken over the contact line, from which the artillery should be reserved.

According to the results of the meeting, it is said that the meeting participants are calling for a complete end of fire in the Donbass and restore the ceasefire, which is currently not respected.

According to the results of negotiations, the German Foreign Ministry said that there was no breakthrough in them, but progress was noticeable. More significant progress in Germany is expected from the meeting of the leaders of the Norman Four countries in Astana.

According to Sergey Lavrov, a meeting in Astana is possible only if the parties to the allocation of heavy weapons are observed.

It was originally planned that the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will be held in Astana on January 15, but later it was decided to transfer it for an indefinite period. On January 20, a press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that preparations for a meeting in the Norman format were under threat of a breakdown due to the resumption of battles in eastern Ukraine.