PARIS (Sputnik) – Lavrov also stressed the importance of adopting a law on the special status of Donbas and carrying out constitutional reforms in Ukraine.
"We talked about the elections [in Donbass] as the next step, in the context of all that is necessary for their implementation," Lavrov said, stressing that "on the main issue – the preparation of elections – there has been no progress yet."
According to Lavrov, Normandy Four foreign ministers suggested that Donbas elections should be held in June-July 2016, but no firm consensus was reached on the issue because of the Ukrainian side.
"The suggestion [on holding the elections] was voiced by our German and French colleagues today. We were ready to support it, but the Ukrainian side asked not to insist on that, as a result there was no consensus," Lavrov explained.
