According to him, in the current situation, other alternatives for ending the conflict, except for the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the permanent negotiations of the Tripartite contact group, simply does not exist. Italy advocated the preservation of the format of the "Norman Quartet" without US intervention.

Alfano insists on an early cease-fire, as this interferes with the work of the OSCE monitoring mission and providing the local population with humanitarian assistance. During the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He asserts that the Russian side, while working for the Norman Quartet and the contact group, is ready together for some flexibility and begin the settlement process as an intermediary party, but not a party to the conflict.

As reported in "URA-Inform", earlier, Ukraine and the OSCE agreed on strengthening the work of the mission in the Donbass.