The agreement on separation of forces in three pilot zones in Donbas should be signed next week, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said.

"Returning to security issues, I would like to say that an important milestone, which may simultaneously give us consolidation of these achievements and a certain hope for that aforementioned top-level summit, will take place next week. It is signing and beginning of implementation of the agreement on separation of forces in three pilot zones," he said at a joint press conference with the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Germany in Kyiv on Wednesday.

He said that he will not mention all specific details of the agreement, but noted: "We expect and hope that all sides will make all possible efforts resulting in the implementation of the security elements."