Normandy Four leaders meeting to be scheduled after progress in security in Donbas is reached, prisoners released

11:57, 01.07.2017 1 min read

The date of a meeting of the leaders of the Normandy Four countries (Germany, France, Ukraine, Russia) will be determined when there is progress in security issues in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the hostages are released, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said.

"Two key dimensions are very important for us: real security... and second, the release of hostages and political prisoners... If we can move forward in these two areas, then we will prepare a meeting," he said on Inter TV channel on Friday evening.

In his opinion, the meeting of the leaders of the Normandy format should be preceded by a telephone conversation, during which it is necessary to discuss the results that can be agreed upon at the meeting.

"And I very much hope that all the contacts I'm talking about, which will take place next week, or in a week, should give us a new dynamics," the Ukrainian foreign minister said.

As reported, the G20 summit will be held in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7-8.