A serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the demarcation line in Donbass. File photoPARIS, Jan 27 Advisors to the Normandy Four leaders, who met in Paris on Wednesday, reaffirmed their commitment to the Minsk agreements, aim to mitigate differences in future work, and advocate for a ceasefire in Donbass «They (the advisers) reaffirm that the Minsk agreements are the basis for work in the Normandy format, and remain committed to mitigating current differences in future work,» the Elysee Palace said in a communiqué. They stand for «unconditional observance of the ceasefire regime and full compliance with measures to strengthen the ceasefire regime of July 22, 2020, regardless of disagreements on other issues related to the implementation of the Minsk agreements.» In addition, the advisers discussed the importance of stepping up the activities of the Trilateral Contact Group and its working groups for rapid progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements 
The head of the Canadian Ministry of Defense will visit Ukraine in the coming days. Also at the meeting in Paris, an agreement was reached to meet again in Berlin in two weeks. The «Norman» format lasted about 8.5 hours. Russia was represented by Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak, the French delegation — by the diplomatic adviser to the President of France Emmanuel Bonn, the German one — by the foreign policy adviser to the German Chancellor Jens Plötner, and the Ukrainian one — by the head of the office of the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak .
«They fight like fish on ice»: Kozak appreciated the actions of the LPR and DPR
