PRESS RELEASE : Negotiations in Berlin at the level of political advisers to the leaders of the Normandy Four ended

The press release issued by the President of Ukraine on 11 February 2022.

Negotiations in Berlin at the level of political advisers to the leaders of the countries participating in the Normandy format ended. Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak took part in them.

This has been the second meeting since the beginning of this year. The talks between representatives of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia lasted more than nine hours.

During the negotiations, Andriy Yermak stressed that Ukraine is consistently committed to a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict. Hence, the Ukrainian party will continue to take measures to intensify the work of all existing negotiation formats in order to facilitate the peace process.

All parties reaffirmed their willingness to continue negotiations in the Normandy format, and also agreed on the necessity to unblock the work of the Trilateral Contact Group.