Merkel: Minsk agreement must be executed before the meeting in the “Norman format” – BBC

A government spokesman Steffen Seibert of Germany reported that during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on the need to make progress on the basis of the Minsk arrangements to meet in the “Norman format”, reports TASS .

The representative of the federal government stressed that the Summit in Astana can not be confirmed at the moment.

«Merkel welcomed the intense efforts to achieve mutual understanding, also made by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, “- said Steffen Seibert.

Earlier it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone conversation discussed various aspects of Ukrainian crisis.