"The resumption
of talks is going to be tough," Heiko Maas said.
BERLIN, June 10.
/TASS/. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expects the upcoming meeting of
foreign ministers from Normandy Four countries (Russia, Germany, France and
Ukraine) to be difficult.
"The very fact
of resuming our meeting after a 16-month pause is a success itself," Maas
said in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper, published on Sunday.
"The implementation of the Minsk agreements has been delayed for too long,
at the expense of eastern Ukrainian residents, who just want peace, and nothing
else."
"The resumption
of talks is going to be tough," the minister went on, adding that Moscow
and Kiev had different approaches and goals.
"We need to try
everything in order to achieve a sustainable ceasefire, to withdraw heawy
weaponry [from the disengagement line] and to improve the humanitarian
situation in Donbass," Maas said. "We also need to discuss the UN
mission [to Donbass]."
The top diplomats of
Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine will meet on Monday at the Villa Borsig
estate on the outskirts of Berlin. The meeting is scheduled for 18:30 local
time (19:30 Moscow time).
Source: ITAR-TASS
11-06-2018
