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Ukrainian diplomat calls for full implementation of Minsk peace agreement

Xinhua, February 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

A senior Ukrainian diplomat here on Tuesday called for the full implementation of the latest Minsk peace agreement.

Yurii Klymenko, permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Office in Geneva, told reporters that the Ukrainian government considers the implementation of the Minsk agreement as "the only way to peaceful settlement" of the situation in Debaltseve in Donetsk region.

Klymenko reiterated an earlier statement from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, saying that the Ukraine government "expects this agreement to be finally fulfilled and the opposite party to treat the implementation of the agreement with appropriate attention."

Klymenko said it was important for "all parties engaged to follow their commitments."

The latest peace agreement was reached after negotiations between leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France last Thursday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, aimed at ending the conflict which has claimed the lives of over 5,300 people so far.

But the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was marred by heavy fighting in the past day between government forces and pro-independence opponents for the town of Debaltseve, reports showed Tuesday.

The warring sides traded accusations of initiating fresh attacks and claimed to control the town, a key regional railway junction, where violence is continuing for the fourth week in a row. Endit