He said that Russia would support all efforts designed
to implement the agreements, including those reached in Minsk that are already
being implemented
MOSCOW, October 19 /TASS/. Ukraine is the closest
fraternal nation for Russia with which it has “common historical, cultural and
civilization roots, the same world outlook as well as language and literature,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russia’s NTV
television channel.
“We cannot lose Ukraine because it is not confined to a group of persons who committed a state coup and seized power; it is not confined to the Nazis who continue marching in Kiev and other big cities committing acts of vandalism, destroying monuments and glorifying Hitler’s accomplices,” Lavrov said.
“What’s happening in relations between our presidents proves that we are going to find the way out of the crisis anyway and will help the Ukrainian brothers to agree on how they should build and develop their country,” the Russian foreign minister told NTV.
He said that Russia would support all efforts designed to implement the agreements, including those reached in Minsk that are already being implemented, and those that were reached with participation of Russia, the United States and the European Union in Geneva this year.
In Geneva, the Ukrainians undertook a commitment to immediately start an open comprehensive and accountable national dialogue on the constitutional reform that was supposed to involve representatives of all regions and political forces in Ukraine, the Russian foreign minister said adding that “for some reasons unknown to us, this commitment has never been implemented.”
The Minsk agreements whose implementation has already got under way contain confirmation for the start of a national dialogue, which will hopefully begin at the subsequent stages of the Minsk process.
Speaking about Pyotr Poroshenko, the Russian foreign minister said that he was the elected president of Ukraine whom everybody had recognized in that capacity.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains regular dialogue with him. They have met each other personally at various events. They have active and fruitful telephone contacts,” Lavrov said.
Source: ITAR-TASS 19-10-2014
