
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Club that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, despite her statement that she was not involved in the Minsk agreements, hoped for their implementation in the peace process.
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The Minsk agreements were aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Angela Merkel, as Chancellor of Germany, participated in the negotiation process.
During a speech at the plenary session of the meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, broadcast of which is available on Rutube, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the situation with the Minsk agreements, hoped that it would still be possible to “steer into the peace process.”
“Even though Mrs. Merkel said that “We didn’t intend to,” it still seems to me that she hoped that she would be able to steer somewhere into the peace process,” the Russian leader noted.

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