A meeting particularly expected. Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky met for the first time on Monday (December 9th) in Paris to try to revive the peace process in Ukraine under the leadership of Emmanuel Macron for France. Angela Merkel for Germany.
The four heads of state took place around a round table in a lounge of the Élysée Palace shortly after 4 pm (3 pm GMT). What to expect from this summit "Normandy format"? The talks were to focus on the war between Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists, a conflict that has claimed more than 13,000 lives in the Donbass, the industrial stronghold of eastern Ukraine, and one million displaced since 2014.
>> Follow the press conference live on France 24 after the meeting of the four heads of state
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