Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande, Angela Merkel and Petro Poroshenko in 2015
Arrangements for the meeting or telephone negotiations of leaders of “Norman Quartet” — Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine — yet. This was reported by RIA Novosti press-Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov on Thursday, September 7.
The relevant questions of journalists on the sidelines of the Eastern economic forum (WEF), the official Kremlin spokesman replied in the negative.
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The last time the leaders of the four countries participating in the negotiations on settling the situation in Eastern Ukraine held a telephone conversation on 22 August. Together they supported the contact group’s decision to declare a ceasefire before the school year.
A month earlier, the presidents of Russia, France, Ukraine and Chancellor of Germany after a telephone conversation demanded to immediately stop the violation of the ceasefire.
The “Normandy format” are called negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass. In February 2015 the leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine adopted in Minsk document, providing, in particular, the introduction in the region of ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons, as well as a legislative recognition of the special status of the region.