Poroshenko Announces Visit to Berlin, Normandy Format Talks on Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that he intended to pay a visit to Berlin and meet with the president and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week and that another telephone conversation in the Normandy format was expected soon.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday he plans to visit Berlin, Germany next week and that another round of phone talks in the Normandy format on Ukrainian reconciliation could take place soon.

"Next week I will pay a visit to Berlin and meet with the president, the [German] Chancellor Angela Merkel," Poroshenko said in an interview with "First National" TV channel.

He added that another telephone conversation in the Normandy format is expected soon.

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The leaders of the so-called Normandy Quartet, namely Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia in February hammered out a peace deal between Kiev forces and independence supporters after marathon talks in Minsk, Belarus.

The peace plan stipulated a ceasefire between the warring sides in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, heavy weaponry withdrawal from the line of contact and all-for-all prisoners swap.

On Saturday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there are signs of conflict deescalation in eastern Ukraine that need to be confirmed.

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