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Merkel, Hollande see 'insufficient' Ukraine progress after call with Putin: French source

Published: 22 Jun 2015 - 05:06 pm | Last Updated: 12 Jan 2022 - 03:32 pm


Paris, France--Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said progress on resolving the Ukraine crisis was "insufficient" after a 45-minute telephone conversation Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a source close to the French president.

"The chancellor and the president (Hollande) raised the need to put pressure on the various parties" given that progress is "insufficient," the source said, a day before foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany hold talks in Paris on the crisis.

AFP