Angela Merkel

The Presidents of Ukraine, Germany and France conducted negotiations behind closed doors in Kiev earlier.

The next G7 summit will be held in Bavaria in summer.

The meeting has been held regardless of politicians’ appeals to cancel the action.

Tripartite contact group will meet in the Belarusian capital on 24 and 26 December.

The exchange of captives and removal of military equipment from the line of battles will be the main topics on the agenda.

The German Chancellor would rather see Great Britain leave the EU than reach a compromise in the free labour market issue, Spiegel reports.

European leaders are present at the meeting. The situation in Ukraine is the main topic on the agenda.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a phone conversation on Monday.

The plan may be used as the basis for negotiations of the contact group in Minsk on September 5.