PARIS — The leaders of France and Germany called Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, where violence flared again in July despite years of attempts to stop the conflict.
Warning of a possible “humanitarian catastrophe”, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for withdrawal of all forces and heavy arms from disputed areas in eastern Ukraine following a four-way “Normandy format” call Monday with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine.
The Franco-German plea came after more than two years of efforts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, underscoring the limits of a four-way negotiation format inaugurated on …read more
Source: European Voice
