Putin to attend "Normandy" summit in Paris on Monday - Kremlin

MOSCOW. Dec 6 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to France on December 9 to attend a four-way summit in the "Normandy format" (Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine) in Paris, the Kremlin press service said on Friday.

"The leaders will discuss steps aimed at ensuring the consistent implementation of the February 12, 2015 Minsk Agreements to settle the internal Ukrainian conflict," the statement reads.

Putin is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, the press service said.