MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - There is no alternative to the fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements that envisage Kyiv's direct dialogue with Donetsk and Luhansk, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We have confirmed the lack of an alternative to the complete and consistent fulfillment of the Minsk Package of Measures and are hoping that the [OSCE] chairperson-in-office will promote progress in this area, in particular, via his special representative in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group," Lavrov said at a press conference on Tuesday, following talks with Polish Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Zbigniew Rau.