15 Sep 2016 12:04

Russia calls on Germany to pressure Kyiv for implementation of Minsk II - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW. Sept 15 (Interfax) - Moscow hopes that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier during his visit to Ukraine will put pressure on Kyiv for the purpose of implementing the Minsk agreements, Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova said.

"As to the visit by Mr Steinmeier to Ukraine, we, of course, proceed from the main thing, and the main thing now is maximal pressure on Kyiv to implement the Minsk agreements," Zakharova told a briefing on Thursday.

"It's a priority. Here it's very important not to weaken, but intensify this pressure to make Kyiv begin somehow moving forward," she said.