Normandy Four Agreed to Extend Implementation of Minsk Agreements to 2016

© AP Photo / Alexander ZemlianichenkoFrom the left : Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
From the left : Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko - Sputnik International
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According to the Kremlin press service, the Normandy Four leaders agreed to extend the implementation of the Minsk agreements to 2016 in a phone conversation on the situation in Ukraine.

October 17, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (near center), and French President Francois Hollande (far center) during a meeting in the Normandy format on the sidelines of the ASEM Summit - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande held a phone conference on the situation in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service said Wednesday.

"The leaders held a detailed discussion on the situation in southeastern Ukraine, which remains tense and unstable, in the context of the implementation of measures agreed February 12, 2015 in Minsk. It was agreed to extend them to 2016," the press service said in a statement.

The sides noted the importance of the Contact Group's work to ensure settlement of the Ukraine crisis, and agreed that the group's work must be intensified.

The four countries' foreign ministers have been instructed to thoroughly assess the state of the implementation of the Minsk peace deals in early 2016, according to the statement.

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