Klimkin hands statement from relatives of Ukrainian prisoners to Normandy Four Foreign Ministers
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pavlo Klimkin, handed a statement written by the mothers and relatives of Ukrainian prisoners to the Foreign Ministers of the Normandy Four.
“I have sent an letter written by the mothers and relatives of our prisoners. It is about their relatives, who should be released immediately,” he wrote in his Twitter account following the results of the Normandy Four meeting in Paris.
Earlier, Klimkin reported that no conclusions were agreed on by the participants of the meeting in Paris. The negotiations of the Normandy Four took place on the 3rd of March in Paris. The meeting lasted more than three hours. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs were discussing the resolution of the conflict in the Donbas. Pavlo Klimkin represented Ukraine, Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended for Germany, Sergey Lavrov for Russia and Jean-Marc Ayrault for France.
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No consensus was reached on the election process in the Donbas during negotiations. Germany and France insisted on holding negotiations no later than June. Russia was ready to support this proposal but Ukraine asked not to insist on it. Kiev suggested to focus on the development of security issues.