The head of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on January 9, will arrive in Berlin for a meeting with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, said the official German Federal government Commissioner Steffen Seibert.
Seibert said that the meeting will be devoted to the resolution of the conflict situation in the East of Ukraine and preparation for possible negotiations in the " channel format " (Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia) in the middle of January in Astana, the Agency DPA.
Speaking about the planned talks, Seibert said: " I am until I can not say whether to have a similar meeting and when she can get. It is important to real results ".
according to the Agency, January 9, also held a telephone conference of Ministers of foreign Affairs of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. In addition, at the beginning of the upcoming week may meet at the level of the foreign Ministers of these States, which will also be devoted to preparation for possible negotiations in the capital of Kazakhstan.
first, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the meeting in Ukraine at the highest level in the " channel format " will be fifteen in January in Astana. Kazakhstan has confirmed readiness to provide a platform for talks on the situation around Ukraine 15-16 January or later.
Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were more than 4, 7 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. In Minsk there were several rounds of negotiations between representatives of Ukraine and the self-proclaimed people's Republic of Donbass with the mediation of the OSCE and Russia. In the previous rounds, the parties discussed the ceasefire and monitoring of its compliance with OSCE, the lead heavy equipment from the separation line between security forces and militias, the exchange of prisoners.
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