Merkel Seeks Push for Ukraine Cease-Fire Talks With Macron
- German chancellor, Ukraine’s Poroshenko hold talks near Berlin
- Macron backs peace process for eastern Ukraine, Merkel says
Damage to a home from a shelling attack in the town of Dokuchayevsk, in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine, on May 13, 2017.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she and French President Emmanuel Macron will seek to revive talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a meeting near Berlin, Merkel said Macron had backed the so-called Minsk peace process on Monday during the first visit to the German capital after his inauguration.