Sergei Lavrov: CIA Director Burns confirmed the importance of the implementation of the Minsk agreements 
Moscow was reaffirmed the importance of fulfilling the Minsk Agreements and observing the special status of Donbass. His position was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, RIA Novosti reports.
“And at the meeting of Presidents [Russia and the United States] Putin and Biden in Geneva in June this year, and during recent visits by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and CIA Director Burns during their contacts with Russian leaders – at all these meetings both the US President and his subordinates directly confirmed the need to implement the Minsk Agreements, including the special status of Donbass, “Lavrov said at a press conference.
Burns flew to Moscow on behalf of US President Joe Biden on November 2. He met with the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and spoke on the phone with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The situation in Donbass escalated in early October after Kiev detained a representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) at the Joint Control Center and the coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC) of Andrei Kosyak. Luhansk demanded the release of the officer, but the Ukrainian side assured that the detainee was monitoring the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since then, the dialogue between Kiev and LPR in the “Minsk format” has been suspended.