Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier has postponed a visit to Brazil due to the fact that taking part in the ongoing negotiations "channel four" on the settlement of the Ukrainian drop in Minsk, informs the German foreign Ministry.

"dialogues in Minsk difficult, they continue. Steinmeier is still in place, to take part in the current negotiations. The beginning of his planned visit to Brazil for this reason delayed, according to the report, posted on Twitter.

"Norman" Summit in Minsk has already lasted more than five hours.

The meeting takes place in the continuation of contacts initiated by Hollande and Merkel last Thursday: then the two European leaders have been in Kiev for talks with Poroshenko, and the next day visited Moscow and met with Putin, on a Sunday telephone conversation was held all 4 of Directors. The summit in Minsk was prepared in the process of their contacts Deputy Ministers of foreign Affairs 4 countries, in addition, it was preceded by the meeting of the contact group on settlement in the Donbass.

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