PARIS (Sputnik) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists that the four-hour talks were largely dedicated to security.
"A lot of time was spent today on the discussion of the situation in the sphere of security, how decisions, including those adopted in addition to the Minsk [peace agreement] are being implemented," Lavrov said.
Klimkin said he arrived at the talks with a list of proposals, particularly on how to cut shelling in Ukraine’s troubled southeast.
France’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which is tasked with monitoring the situation in Ukraine, must receive concrete proposals on ensuring security in Ukraine’s southeast during local elections, by March 31.
