German Chancellor Angela Merkel received Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on January 30, in Berlin, for an “exchange of views” on the “conflict in Ukraine,” “the peace process and the implementation of the Minsk armistice” (Bundeslanzlerin.de, January 27, 30). Those code words are widely used in Western Europe to avoid designating that conflict as a state-on-state...
Merkel-Poroshenko meeting shows deep freeze of “Normandy” format negotiations
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor7 Mins Read