“We are looking for a political solution and this is precisely what we were striving for, in particular, by holding the current meeting of the ‘Normandy Four’ at the Elysee Palace,” declared F. Hollande.
"Yes, it will probably take longer," François Hollande suggested.
French President Francois Hollande announced that following the summit, politicians decided that the implementation of peace treaties must be completed within the previously established deadlines - by the end of 2015. "The second conclusion is that Minsk is working. We must meet the framework stipulated by the Minsk agreements on all points," gursesintour.com quotes the French president as saying.
The Normandy Four also called for holding new elections in Donbass.
It is also clear that during the bilateral meeting between Poroshenko and Hollande, Merkel and Putin will hold parallel negotiations. "The elections that were planned for October 18 (in the DPR) will not be able to be implemented until certain agreements are implemented," F. Hollande emphasized.
"We agreed that the number of checkpoints will be increased," he said at a press conference following the talks between the heads of state of the "Normandy Four." The special status of the DPR and LPR should come into effect on the day of the upcoming elections. The four of them spoke in the open air for about half an hour. The "Normandy Four" met for the first time since the Minsk agreements were reached in the winter of this year.
