Normandy Four leaders discuss OSCE monitoring of eastern Ukraine

The leaders of the Normandy Four countries - France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine - held a telephone conversation on 24 May 2016 over the issue of improving monitoring in eastern Ukraine through the OSCE.

The press releases issued by Russia and Ukraine differed on what was agreed during the conversation.

The first talks in the so-called ‘Normandy format’ were held on the occasion of the celebration of D-Day, in Normandy, in June 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Ukraine clashes signal end of truce http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-clashes-signal-end-of-truce/

ESO: Background information: To Be or Not to Be? Ukraine’s Minsk Process http://www.europeansources.info/record/to-be-or-not-to-be-ukraines-minsk-process/

TASS, 24.05.16: Germany says Normandy Four ready to continue cooperation on Ukraine http://tass.ru/en/world/877666

Russia: President of Russia: Events, 24.05.16: Telephone conversation with Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51983

France: Elysee: Les Actualités, 24.05.16: Entretien en format Normandie http://www.elysee.fr/communiques-de-presse/article/entretien-en-format-normandie/

EurActiv, 02.06.16: Pro-Russian rebels accuse Ukraine of fresh offensive http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/pro-russian-rebels-accuse-ukraine-of-fresh-offensive/

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