Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko and Putin to meet in Minsk after 3 p.m.
The Belarusian MFA has invited foreign journalists to arrive at the Palace of Independence at this time.
The meeting ‘in the Norman format’ will be held in Minsk on Wednesday. It will be dedicated to the situation in Donets Basin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the meeting. It will be held in Independence Palace. Alyaksandr Lukashenka is expected to welcome the leaders of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia personally.
Foreign journalists have been invited to arrive at the Independence Palace (Winners Avenue, 12) at 3 p.m. today, the pres service of the Belarusian MFA reports. It looks like ‘the Norman Four’ will gather at about 4 p.m.
About 400 foreign journalists will cover they meeting, BELTA reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande have been authorized by the EU to take part in the Donetsk Basin peace negotiations ‘in the Norman format’, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini announced on February 10.
Barack Obama phoned Vladimir Putin on the evening of February 10. ‘The price will increase for Russia’, if the Russian aggression in Donets Basin continues, the American President told the Russian leader. Obama said that Russia was supplying weapons and soldiers to the area and financing military operations there, the White House press service reports.
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