Normandy Quartet on Ukrainian Reconciliation Begins in Paris

The negotiators will focus on local elections in Donbass and the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the line of contact.

PARIS (Sputnik) – The Normandy Quartet on the Ukrainian crisis has begun in Paris with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany.

The leaders will discuss the issue of holding local elections in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the line of contact, as well as providing the OSCE monitoring mission access to the area.

Nous discutons actuellement avec Angela Merkel, Vladimir Poutine et Petro Porochenko de la situation en Ukraine

Видео опубликовано François Hollande (@fhollande) Окт 2 2015 в 7:17 PDT

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Poutine et Petro Porochenko sont accueillis par @fhollande pour le sommet Format Normandie https://t.co/X8ZGBDLVLx

— Élysée (@Elysee) 2 октября 2015

Vladimir Putin has arrived in #Paris to take part in Normandy format talks on resolving the situation in #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/fgE5sGQwXS

— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) 2 октября 2015

#Paris: The President has met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the Normandy format talks

— President of Russia (@KremlinRussia_E) 2 октября 2015