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KIEV, October 17. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the trilateral format to coordinate their positions on the Minsk agreements, the press service of the Ukrainian president said on Sunday.
"Poroshenko, Hollande and Merkel discussed the results of the latest consultations in the Normandy Four (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France) format at the level of diplomatic advisers," the press service said. "The sides hailed efficient trilateral cooperation in working out a roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk agreements."
The sides agreed to hold another telephone conversation in the trilateral format at the beginning of the next week to discuss prospects for a Normandy Four summit.