(VOVworld) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in Moscow on Friday to discuss a new Ukraine peace plan.

Meeting between leaders of Russia, France, Germany on Ukraine issue

According to Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the talk was private and direct among three leaders with no precipitation of other members of delegation. After arriving at Vnokono airport in Moscow, the German and French leaders immediately headed to Kremlin palace to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

A day earlier, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande made a surprise visit to Kiev to talk with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. After the meeting, no announcement from the two leaders was released to the press.