Negotiations of "Norman Four" in Minsk lasted more than 9 hours

Almaty. February 12. Silkroadnews - Negotiations of "Norman Four" in Minsk lasted more than 9 hours, informs BelTA.
At first, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Petro Poroshenko, Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in a narrow format. After nearly two hours of talks the leaders of the "Norman Four" came to a joint photograph, which was attended and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Then were held talks in an expanded format, which lasted about half an hour. After this, the Heads of State continued to meet in a truncated format.
The talks were attended by more than 500 journalists.
At the same time in Minsk, with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE, representatives of the parties are negotiating on Ukrainian conflict.