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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Germany expects the United States touse the countrys influence onall the parties concerned toimplement the Minsk agreements onthe conflict settlement inUkraine, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday.

"We would liketo see the United States not only informed, butalso using their capabilities, asan official representative ofthe State Department said, toexert influence onthose whom they can influence, so that [the Minsk agreements] were respected," Gabriel said afterholding talks withRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Gabriel is currently paying a two-day working visit toMoscow inorder todiscuss international issues, including the Syrian and Ukrainian crises and EU-Russia ties.

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In February 2015, Kiev forces and Donbass independence supporters signed a peace agreement inthe Belarusian capital ofMinsk. The deal stipulates a full ceasefire, weapons withdrawal fromthe line ofcontact inDonbass, aswell asconstitutional reforms that would give a special status tothe Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Despite the agreement brokered bythe Normandy Four states, the ceasefire regime is regularly violated, withboth sides accusing each other ofmultiple breaches, undermining the terms ofthe accord.

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