Steinmeier pins hopes on forthcoming Paris meeting on Ukraine

10:48, 23.02.2016 1 min read

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said that the upcoming ministerial meeting on Ukrainian peace between Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia in Paris on March 3 will be decisive and hopefully to confirm progress made in efforts to end violence in Ukraine.

In a course of the conversation with the foreign chiefs of Ukraine and France, Steinmeier said that his newly-appointed French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault invited all foreign chiefs of the Normandy Format group to meet in Paris.

The German diplomat said he believes these will be a talk not just between three foreign affairs ministers, but between all people in Ukraine, Europe and all over the world, who will expect success and progress regarding security issues.

Steinmeier said that during a meeting in Paris the parties would try to meet a halfway, would agree on the joint position, and would be able to overcome all pits which separate us.