“We welcome the progress towards peace in the east of Ukraine and call for the restoration of Ukraine’s control over its international borders,” the diplomatic mission said.
Earlier, the French Foreign Ministry noted the progress in the negotiations on the Donbass, which was achieved at a meeting of the contact group in Minsk.
The first president of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, in an interview with the NSN, called the approval of Steinmeier’s formula to achieve consensus in terms of establishing order.