Telephone contacts in Norman Format will be going on, reports the Kremlin

The official site of the President of Russia reports that telephone conversation succeeded between Vladimir Putin and Federal Chancellor of Federative Republic Germany Angela Merkel and the president of French Republic François Hollande and the president of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko.

The discussion concerning crisis situation of Ukraine was kept on. In the context of international efforts concerning cooperation of peaceful regulation inner Ukrainian conflict was underlined the necessity of providing of firm ceasefire in Donbass.

The significance of meeting contact group in interests of realization of Minsk agreements and settlement of the dialog with Kiev with the South-East is urgent.

The priority tasks are exchange of captives who are under arrest and are subjected to violent attitude and withdrawal of heavy armament from the touch line.

Questions of economic recovery of suffered regions and providing of humanitarian and social aid for the population were also discussed.

It was agreed that telephone contacts in the Norman Format have to be continued the nearest time; it was said in the report of the Kremlin.

Be reminded that Rossiyskiy Dialog reported earlier that the president of Ukraine met the Supreme Representative of the EU of foreign affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini.

As a result of the meeting, Poroshenko expressed assurance in peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass at support of the European Union.

‘We have common agreement concerning the conflict that it would be settled exceptionally on the base of peaceful plan which was implemented in Minsk agreement. The Minsk Protocol dated from 5^th September and Minsk Memorandum dated from 19^th September, said he.

He expressed his gratitude to Mogherinin and the EU for provided support and aid to Ukraine and he showed the hope for future cooperation.

Federica in her turn pointed out that fulfillment of the agreements which were reached in Minsk (Belorussia) on 5^th September is the only possible way of conflict settlement in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions.