Normandy Four Leaders Expected to Hold Phone Talks on Ukraine Soon - Lavrov

Leaders of the Normandy Four group could hold telephone talks on the issue of Ukraine in the near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after a Normandy Four ministerial meeting in Paris.

PARIS (Sputnik) – Lavrov said that "the leaders of the ‘Normandy Four’ control he implementation of the Minsk [peace] agreements [on Ukraine]," adding that "as far as I understand in some time a telephone conversation will be planned, most likely between our leaders, the four countries of the ‘Normandy Format’".

France’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said after the Paris meeting that certain goals have been set and a calendar has been drafted for their implementation in the coming weeks, in the Normandy Format.