Ukrainian Conflict Parties Continue to Deceive Each Other – Austrian Media

On Monday, the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany will hold talks in the format of "Norman troika", Contra Magazin wrote. The meeting will be held without Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Journalist Andre Eric Keller believes that it was Poroshenko who insisted on the trilateral meeting without Vladimir Putin in order to gain more support from French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

According to Keller, Russia did not like this development of events, but reacted in a very diplomatic and peaceful way.

"This is not the Norman format, but a trilateral meeting of the representatives of Germany, France and Ukraine. And we are, of course, closely following its preparation. We will also look carefully at its results," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Keller hopes that the talks will be followed by concrete action. According to the journalist, Poroshenko is not willing to fulfill provisions of the Minsk Agreement and promote the laws that guarantee the country's eastern regions an autonomous status.

Kiev is trying to create the illusion of implementing the agreement, while insisting on the preservation of the territorial integrity of the country, the journalist wrote.

In October, the Donbass militias are going to hold their own elections, a step that also violates the Minsk Agreement provisions. Both sides are deceiving each other and pursuing their personal goals. Kiev wants to retake the breakaway regions, while Donbass militias continue to fight for their independence, Keller wrote.