Poroshenko announces meeting with Putin, Merkel and Hollande in Astana on Jan. 15

Leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France will meet in the Kazakh capital Astana on Jan. 15.

This was announced by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the beginning of his press conference on Monday, Censor.NET reports citing Ukrainska Pravda.

"My diplomatic year will begin on Jan. 15 in Astana, where the meeting will be held in Normandy format", he said.

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"[I] instructed to prepare the agenda," the president said.