YEREVAN, JULY 29, ARMENPRESS. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he hoped there would be no need in the use of economic sanctions against Russia. He said this after a meeting with visiting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin, informs “Armenpress”, referring to ITAR-TASS.

Ukraine’s authorities have agreed to cease fire in southeastern regions and are ready for a dialogue with local self-defense forces, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.

Lavrov and Kerry also agreed to take additional efforts to establish conditions to implement Geneva agreements aimed at stopping the use of force in Ukraine and immediately launching an open and accountable process of constitutional reform with participation of all Ukrainian regions, the ministry said.

The UN Security Council should “intensely control” the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 2166 which calls for a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the July 17 Malaysian Boeing crash in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

During a telephone call with the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Lavrov once again urged the American Administration to use its influence with the Kiev authorities to make them stop fire as soon as possible and begin talks with Ukraine’s southeast.

Lavrov “stressed the need to go back to the arrangements made in the Geneva Statement adopted by Russia, the U.S., the EU and Ukraine on April 17, including the tasks of discontinuing the use of force and immediately starting an open and accountable process of constitutional reform with the participation of all Ukrainian regions. The Minister and the Secretary agreed to take additional efforts to establish conditions for the implementation of the Geneva agreements,” the Foreign Ministry said.