Minsk Protocol

The German government on Monday voiced concerns over the lack of a comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine which should have taken effect more than a week ago.

Germany is not satisfied with the course of implementation of the agreements reached in Minsk, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.

Dacic plans to visit Ukraine "in next few weeks"

VIENNA -- OSCE chairperson and Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced that he is planning to travel to Ukraine in the next few weeks.

He also "stressed that the implementation of the Minsk agreement and ceasefire is necessary," Tanjug reported.

VIENNA - Continuous breaches of the ceasefire in Ukraine may lead to uncontrolled violence, says the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, adding that "this is a critical moment for Ukraine."

"Serbia ready to be honest broker," FM tells OSCE

VIENNA -- OSCE Chairperson and Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Thursday urged all sides in the Ukrainian conflict to fully adhere to the Minsk agreements.

VIENNA - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic, who is also Serbia's foreign minister, on Thursday urged all sides in the Ukrainian conflict to fully adhere to the Package of Measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements, noting that it is an opportunity to de-escalate the conflict and put an end to civilian casualties, and that Serbia is ready to assume the role of an honest broker

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande brokered a truce between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Feb. 12 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to subdue the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. After intense and acrimonious negotiations, the four leaders agreed on a deal that came into effect in the early hours of Feb. 15.

NATO on Wednesday urged Russia to withdraw all forces from eastern Ukraine and to end  its support for the pro-Moscow separatists as a ceasefire appeared to unravel.
      

Government forces started pulling out of a town in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday after a fierce assault by Russian-backed separatists which Europe said violated a crumbling ceasefire.
    

Serbian FM, in his OSCE role, "calls for restraint"

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dacic has "strongly urged all sides to refrain from any action that might endanger the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine that came into effect on February 15."

Serbia's foreign minister made the statement in his capacity as chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

BELGRADE - The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia's foreign minister Ivica Dacic, has strongly urged all sides to refrain from any action that might endanger the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine that came into effect on February 15, 2015.