Poroshenko to discuss Minsk peace process with Merkel and Hollande next week

“We have conducted very thorough negotiations with the German Chancellor. We have agreed to hold telephone negotiations in trilateral format with participation of Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of France Francois Hollande next week regarding the intensification of process in the Minsk format,” Petro Poroshenko informed. The Ukrainian president also added that earlier, on his instructions, the Ukrainian delegation in Minsk during a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group offered to declare ceasefire during Easter holidays.