“We have, of course, our vision of a road map and we actively try to advance our interests. Indeed, all partners have their own vision [of a roadmap], so we will be looking for compromise. Under no circumstances are we talking about concessions to be made on issues related to sovereignty and territorial integrity of [the Ukrainian] state,” Eliseev said.
In February 2015, a peace agreement was signed between Ukraine’s conflicting sides in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, after talks of the Normandy Four countries, comprising Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany.
The deal stipulates a full ceasefire, weapons withdrawal from the line of contact in eastern Ukraine, an all-for-all prisoner exchange and constitutional reforms, which would give a special status to the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics.