Lavrov announced the “slipping” of the Minsk agreements

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that no breakthroughs were achieved at the meeting of the Normandy Four foreign ministers in Minsk, reports RIA Novosti . ****

“At the working level, it is not yet possible to even agree on a sequence of steps, primarily in the field of security and in the field of political reforms,” he said.

Lavrov noted that the implementation of the Minsk agreements "slips"

before the Normandy Four talks Earlier, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Herault said that the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions is a counterproductive step, as it will weaken efforts to resolve the conflict in Donbass. According to him, refusal to implement the Minsk agreements would be a strategic mistake.

The lifting of EU sanctions imposed on Russia is traditionally linked to Moscow's implementation of the Minsk agreements to stabilize the situation in southeastern Ukraine. We are talking about a ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact of the warring parties, as well as the implementation of constitutional reform in Ukraine.