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Urgent: Normandy format ministers call for strict implementation of Minsk agreements

Xinhua, February 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

The ministers of foreign affairs of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday called for the strict implementation of all provisions of the Minsk agreements starting from a comprehensive ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons.

The joint statement follows a meeting of the "Normandy format" a week earlier.

The four ministers exchanged views on the implementation of ceasefire, with a special focus on Debaltsevo and the region of Mariupol, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a communique. Endit