Reached in Paris in negotiations leaders "Norman Quartet" movement in Ukraine will help to protect new victims in the Donbass, said the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande.

"Today we were able to reach new "advances" that will enable us to protect future victims, "- said the French leader on the results of negotiations in "Norman format" in the French capital.

The meeting of the presidents of the Russian Federation, France, Ukraine and German Chancellor Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande, Petro Poroshenko and Angela Merkel took place on the last working day of the week in the Elysee Palace, in a narrow format, the leaders talked approximately within one hour, after which the dialogue was continued in an expanded format.

in total, the leaders of the 4 countries talked 4 hours and 50 minutes - 3 times less than in the previous talks. The previous meeting of the "Normandy four" summit was held in Minsk on 11-12 February.

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