17 Mar 2015 15:39

Poroshenko's Donbas bill a departure from Minsk accords - Lavrov

MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - A bill on special status for individual districts of Donbas, submitted to parliament by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, departs from the agreements reached in Minsk, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

"It is a sharp departure from the Minsk agreements and from the concept negotiated in Minsk on February 12," Lavrov told reporters.