There is "hope" that an agreement on the 10-month Ukraine conflict will be signed soon by a contact group that is meeting in parallel with a marathon four-way peace summit in Minsk, a diplomatic source told AFP on Thursday.
"There's hope that an agreement will be signed by the contact group," consisting of representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the source said, with the document concerning the "concrete implementation" of a failed September peace deal.