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Paris summit renews the Minsk process

On 9 December 2019, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin attend a Paris summit with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel.

The conclusions reaffirm Minsk as the negotiating framework and call for strengthening the ceasefire, facilitating prisoner exchanges and preparing further disengagement.

Reuters documents the Ukrainian and Russian presidents’ first meeting. The Paris commitments remain objectives: this entry does not assert their implementation or a settlement of the territories’ status.

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