Political advisors to the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France, meeting in the ‘Normandy’ format, held “difficult” discussions for more than 9.5 hours on Thursday 10 February in Berlin.
Despite the difficulties, the parties plan to meet again in March after the next meetings of the trilateral contact group - comprising Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE - in March, the German government announced on Friday 11 February.
“The discussions were difficult and made clear the...