The Council expects Russia to exert its influence and to induce the separatists, without delay to stop their hostile actions and live up fully to their commitments under the Minsk agreements, including notably the cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the security zone along the line of contact foreseen in the Minsk Memorandum, as urgent first steps, which the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine called for in the Joint Statement, following their talks in Berlin on 21 January.
Tá an Chomhairle ag súil go mbainfidh an Rúis leas as an tionchar atá aici chun tabhairt ar na scarúnaithe deireadh a chur lena ngníomhartha naimhdeacha gan mhoill agus cloí go hiomlán leis na ceanglais atá orthu faoi chomhaontuithe Mhionsc, lena n-áirítear go háirithe , deireadh a chur leis an gcogaíocht agus na hairm throma a tharraingt siar ó chrios slándála feadh na líne teagmhála dá bhforáiltear i Meabhrán Mhionsc, mar na chéad chéimeanna is práinní, a d'iarr Airí Eachtracha na Fraince, na Gearmáine, na Rúise agus na hÚcráine sa Ráiteas Comhpháirteach, tar éis an phlé a bhí acu sa Bheirlín an 21 Eanáir.Consilium EU Consilium EU