The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on the first day of the week on the phone to discuss the situation in Ukraine and stressed the need as quickly as possible to begin again the work of the contact group, reported in the treatment of the Elysee Palace.

" the President (Francois Hollande) Chancellor (Angela) Merkel again in the evening held dialogues in the so-called channel format with the presidents of the Russian Federation (Vladimir) Putin and Ukraine (Peter Poroshenko, " reads the communiqu?.

The parties emphasized the implementation of the ceasefire, which must be fully respected. Building on this base, the Sides called in the maximum a short time to move towards a political settlement with the help of the resumption of discussions in the contact group.

" it is very important to achieving concrete progress in the implementation of the Minsk Protocol, for example from the perspective of exchange of prisoners, as the situation on the ground remains fragile, " - emphasizes the administration of the President of France.

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