Ukraine signs Steinmeier formula

It has been reported that Ukraine signed Steinmeier formula at the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group currently under way in Minsk. The signing of the formula was called one of the main conditions for the Normandy quartet to meet. According to TASS agency, the document was signed by representative of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma. The formula provides a special status for Donbas, as well as an amnesty and the elections in areas not under Kyiv's control.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for the further implementation of Minsk agreements, implementing the "Steinmeier formula". The French leader noted that the meeting of the leaders in the "Normandy format" will take place in the next few weeks.