In Berlin ended the Meeting authorized the so-called "channel four" who had gathered in the German capital to discuss the upcoming Wednesday in Minsk summit on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, said Last news diplomatic source.

The meeting lasted for about 7 hours.

Russian Federation at the meeting in Berlin was represented by Deputy foreign Minister Grigory Karasin.

according to the source, from the German side the meeting was attended by the state Secretary of the German foreign Ministry Markus Ederer, which local media called a Trustee Director of the Ministry of foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The meeting was held closed to the press mode.

yesterday it was announced that the leaders of the " channel four ", which includes Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine have agreed to hold eleven February meeting with the coordination of certain positions. As expected, on Tuesday, will hold a trilateral dialogues of the contact group in Ukraine, which prepares rules and the content of the summit in Minsk.

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