In the course of the official visit to Norway, the President of Ukraine had a phone conversation in trilateral format with President of France Francois Hollande and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

The parties discussed the security situation in Donbas. The Ukrainian President emphasized the importance of common position of Ukraine and the EU countries on the eve of the European Council’s Summit that will take place in Brussels on October 20-21, 2016 and consider the strategy of relations with Russia.

The interlocutors agreed to conduct a meeting of the Heads of State in the Normandy format on October 19 in Berlin in order to induce Russia to fulfill the security part of the Minsk agreements.