'Normandy' group of foreign ministers call for ceasefire in Donbass - Fabius


  • World
  • Wednesday, 24 Jun 2015

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius welcomes his Russian countepart Sergei Lavrov (L) before their bilateral meeting to discuss the Ukraine crisis in Paris, France, June 23, 2015. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine expressed their concerns about the worsening security situation in the Donbass region at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, France's Laurent Fabius said in a statement.

The ministers met in the so-called "Normandy format" to discuss the ceasefire in Ukraine and the implementation of the Minsk accords, according to the statement.

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