12 Jun 2018 11:55

Normandy Format FMs instruct political directors to discuss UN peacekeeping mission in Donbas - German FM

MOSCOW. June 12 (Interfax) - The Normandy Format foreign ministers have paid particular attention to the possible deployment of a UN mission in eastern Ukraine at their talks in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.

"As to conditions of the presence of a UN mission in eastern Ukraine, we instructed our political directors to hold further consultations on these issues within the next week," Maas told a press conference following the talks.

He also said that he advocates an unimpeded access of a UN mission to eastern Ukraine.