President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of France Francois Hollande and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met in the Normandy format in Paris. The four leaders discussed possibilities for resolving the situation in Ukraine.

During the talks, the leaders touched base on the progress in implementing the most important points in the Minsk Agreements, confirmed their commitment to the Minsk process and stressed that there is no alternative to implementing the Minsk Agreements.

Earlier, Mr Putin had bilateral meetings with Francois Hollande Hollande Francois and Angela Merkel Merkel AngelaFederal Chancellor of Germany .

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