Ukrainian foreign minister says no breakthrough in Paris talks

From L-R, Russian Foreign Minister Segei Lavrov, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier pose before a meeting to discuss the Ukraine crisis in Paris, France, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

(Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Thursday there had been no breakthrough in Paris talks aimed at getting a fragile peace deal back on track, repeating that until security was restored there could be no election in the rebel-held Donbass region.

For months, as progress in implementing the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine has stalled, its architects, Germany and France, have held out hope that with time and carefully calibrated pressure on Ukraine and Russia the deal could be pushed back on track.