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UN chief, Russian FM meet on Ukraine, IS

Xinhua, February 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on a wide range of security issues.

The meeting came on the sidelines of a day-long open debate of the UN Security Council on global peace and security, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

"With regard to the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, the secretary-general expressed his expectation that all concerned parties would live up to their commitments as agreed in Minsk on 12 February, particularly following the unanimous adoption of Security Council Resolution 2202," the spokesman said.

The latest peace agreement was reached following negotiations between leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France in Minsk on Feb. 12 in an attempt to end the year-long conflicts in the East European country which have claimed thousands of lives.

Meanwhile, the secretary-general and the foreign minister discussed the situation in Libya, Yemen and Syria, as well as the need for a comprehensive international response to the fight against the Islamic State, Dujarric said.

Ban and Lavrov also compared notes on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2199 adopted on February 12, which was designed to cut off IS's support networks. Endi