France, Germany Welcome Progress In Implementation Of Minsk Deals

France, Germany Welcome Progress in Implementation of Minsk Deals

France and Germany welcome the recent progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements and are expecting a Normandy Four (France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine) meeting in Paris, according to a joint statement

PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th October, 2019) France and Germany welcome the recent progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements and are expecting a Normandy Four (France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine) meeting in Paris, according to a joint statement.

A meeting of the Franco-German Ministerial Council was held on Wednesday in Toulouse and involved French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As a result, a joint statement of the two countries was issued, consisting of several pages.

"We welcome recent positive developments in the implementation of the Minsk agreements and look forward to holding a meeting in the Normandy format in Paris to achieve progress in resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine," the statement said.