Germany and France are working on the preparation of the next summit of the Normandy Four leaders in Paris, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated.

She said this on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Bearritz, France, DW reported.

Merkel noted that she and French President Emmanuel Macron wanted to hold a meeting of the Normandy Four leaders as soon as possible, after a preparatory meeting of advisers and, if necessary, foreign ministers.

"We have long discussed the idea that, since the previous meeting took place in Berlin, this one should be held in Paris," she added.

Merkel emphasized that a new meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine could contribute to “certain success in the Minsk process”.

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