The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France are discussing elections in eastern Ukraine and
want a lasting cease-fire that could bring the Ukraine conflict to an end in
2016.
French President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement that he
spoke Wednesday by telephone with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, and Germany's Angela Merkel about Ukraine.
It says they are committed to a cease-fire and the coordinated
withdrawal of heavy weapons, and are paying special attention to preparations
for local elections in the Donbass region. The statement says they called for a
full implementation in 2016 of the Minsk peace agreement, signed in February.
While full-scale fighting in the war between Ukrainian forces and
Russia-backed separatists died down in 2015, repeated cease-fires are routinely
violated.
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