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Kiev authorities and eastern Ukraine militias should establish direct dialogue — Lavrov

Sergey Lavro hopes that the conflicting parties will draw a moral from the early stage of the Ukraine crisis
Russiann Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
Russiann Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
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MOSCOW, November 19 /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that the Kiev authorities and representatives of eastern Ukraine will hopefully draw lessons from the Ukrainian crisis and will not lose a chance to establish a direct and sustainable dialogue.

“We have always said that it is necessary to implement the existing agreements. It is necessary to be vigilant. As we know, the previously reached agreements, including the one on settling the Ukraine crisis signed on February 21, have been violated,” Lavrov said after meeting Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.

“It was followed by the Geneva statement issued by representatives of the United States, the European Union, Russia and Ukraine in which the Kiev authorities pledged to start an immediate constitutional reform involving all regions. But this agreement has not been implemented either,” Lavrov went on to say.