Poroshenko and Putin could meet in the coming weeks
France and Germany hope to gather together the Normandy Four, the President of the French Republic, François Hollande reported. Hollande stated at the General Assembly of the United Nations that France and Germany are working on holding Normandy format negotiations in the coming weeks.
“We, together with the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel have taken the initiative to arrange a meeting with the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine in the coming weeks in order to bring the Minsk Agreements into effect,” Interfax-Ukraine quotes Hollande as saying. The President noted that non-implementation of the Minsk Agreements can result in an escalation of conflict in Ukraine or even resumption of the war.
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, stated that progress in implementation of Minsk Agreements is a prerequisite for holding the Normandy format meeting. Hollande had previously announced the new Normandy format negotiations in early September.