Angela Merkel
Among the leaders of the “channel four” is scheduled for a telephone conversation, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the briefing following the summit of “Big twenty” in Hamburg. It is reported RIA Novosti on Saturday, July 8.
She stressed that members of the “channel four” (Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France) will continue work on the Ukrainian settlement. “We remain in contact,” — said Merkel.
Earlier on Saturday it was reported that the leaders of three countries — Russia, France and Germany at the G20 summit in Hamburg discussed the situation in Ukraine and noted the serious lags in the implementation of provisions of the Minsk agreements. The representative of Ukraine at negotiations was not, as this state is not included in “twenty” and is not listed among the specially invited countries.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian leader is exhaustively brought Moscow’s position on the situation in Ukraine to Merkel and Emmanuel Macron. A Kremlin spokesman also said that all three leaders agreed on the need for the telephone conversation in the Normandy format with participation of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
On Friday, July 7, the Ukrainian theme was also discussed during the talks between Putin and U.S. President Donald trump. As told journalists the head of Russian foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, Moscow and Washington agreed to establish a communication channel to promote the settlement of the situation in Ukraine.