French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault notes importance of establishing the regime of calm in Donbas, following which Kyiv should start to implement the political conditions of the Minsk Agreements.

Replying to a question about the order of priority of implementing the Minsk Agreements provisions, he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday: "I would like to compare this process to construction of a house and we are laying the foundation now. I mean ceasefire, of course, and withdrawal of forces in three pilot zones, which I mentioned while speaking of next week. A bill on local elections in Donbas, as well as on a special status, is added to that."