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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky following the Normandy Four summit in Paris December 9 once again emphasized that he would not sit at the negotiating table with representatives of the so-called "republics" in eastern Ukraine.

The president has told journalists he believes it would be much "fairer" to have people displaced by conflict, rather than militants, join the talks.

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"And when in Minsk many things had to be agreed with these representatives [of the illegal armed groups], why it was only they? That is my question. It seems to me that this [involving IDPs in talks] will be fair," Zelensky said.

"And I am in dialogue with them [the IDPs] ... And I would very much like that in Minsk, I think it's right that in Minsk, where there are representatives, supposedly representatives, of the occupied part of Donbas, that a few other representatives join them, those who fled (from Donbas). They are real IDPs and also residents of the occupied Donbas," Zelensky said.