The foreign Ministry said about the threat to "Norman summit" in April
Statements of Kiev and the degree of fulfilment of the "Paris package" of agreements on the Ukrainian settlement of the fall call into question the possibility of a new meeting of the leaders of the "Normandy format" in April, said in an interview Last news Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs
Statements of Kiev and the degree of fulfilment of the "Paris package" of agreements on the Ukrainian settlement of the fall call into question the possibility of a new meeting of the leaders of the "Normandy format" in April, said in an interview Last news Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Rudenko.
As recalled by Rudenko, at the beginning of winter at the meeting in Paris the leaders of the "Normandy four" appointed the next summit in April, and the venue chose Berlin. While Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk have committed to:
"as long as this list included only the exchange of detained persons. the Rest is not executed. The behavior of the Ukrainians in the Contact group and sounding from Kiev Statements cause doubt in the fact that until April it was possible ", - explained Rudenko.
Without real progress in the performance of the " Paris package ", the 1st and foremost, the political aspects, to talk about the exact dates for the new summit "Norman format" Until it is not necessary, he concluded.
"Norman four" group of Directors of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, seeking ways of resolving the conflict situation in the East of Ukraine. In 2015-2016, the parties came to the agreement on the demarcation line and the withdrawal of weapons, prepare for a meeting in Minsk that led to the signing of the Minsk agreements. At the last summit in Paris, the participants adopted a communiqué, which clearly highlighted that the Minsk agreement remains the basis for work.
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