Ukraine

Lord Hurd of Westwell Excerpts

Wednesday 25th February 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Hurd of Westwell (Con)]

Since my noble friend referred to the second Minsk agreement, which we all hope will be effective, can he tell us what his latest information is about that? The first reports were that implementation was only partial, and there were bits of Ukraine which we thought were covered by the agreement but which according to the Russians were not. Can he tell us if that is still the position?

[Lord Astor of Hever]

My Lords, we welcome the diplomatic efforts that the French President and Chancellor Merkel brought to the Minsk meeting. There is concern that the situation is breaking down in places, and we are watching it very carefully.