Paris hosts Ukraine summit as Syria simmers in the background

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French President Francois Hollande welcomes the presidents of Russia and Ukraine and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Paris.

Vladimir Putin has arrived in #Paris to take part in Normandy format talks on resolving the situation in #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/fgE5sGQwXS— MFA Russia (@mfa_russia) October 2, 2015


The leaders are to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine and the resilience of the Minsk II treaty signed in February.

#Ukraine pins hopes on "Normandy" talks in Paris to cement ceasefire (Reuters file pic) http://t.co/e6444ZLiUS pic.twitter.com/SKcJRFfSR1— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) October 2, 2015


Euronews correspondent
Andrei Beketov, reports from the French capital: “Vladimir Putin arrived at the Élysée Palace to brieFrançois Hollande on Russian actions in Syria. By vowing to fight against ISIL, the Russian President may be hoping to achieve a better deal on Ukraine, particularly the easing of economic sanctions imposed on Russia for annexing Crimea.”

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