Continued: Putin, Merkel and macron without Poroshenko discussed the situation in Ukraine
In Hamburg, the hotel Atlantik began meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, said on Saturday, July 8, RIA Novosti.
The conversation takes place for a working Breakfast. It is expected that they will discuss topical issues of the international agenda with a focus on resolving the situation in Ukraine.
Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told journalists that the leaders of Russia, France and Germany will hold a conversation the three of us without the representative of Ukraine, as this state is not included in “twenty” and is not listed among the specially invited for the current G20 summit, reports TASS.
On Friday, the Ukrainian topic was discussed at the talks between Putin and U.S. President Donald trump. As told journalists the head of Russian foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, the us side was informed about the appointment of his special representative in Ukraine — by Kurt Volker, who may soon arrive in Moscow.
According to Lavrov, “the two leaders agreed to create a channel between the representative of the Russian Federation and the representative of the United States” to promote settlement on the basis of the Minsk agreements.