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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that first, a truce must be established in Donbas, and then the implementation of the political part of the Minsk Agreements can be started, an UNIAN correspondent in Russia reported following a press conference of Merkel and Putin in Sochi.
Once again, we have to remind of a zero point of the Minsk accords; that is a truce is needed, and then political steps would follow, Merkel said.
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Merkel also emphasized that Germany would make all the necessary efforts to move forward, despite all the difficulties.