Moscow says the delays in the implementation of the Minsk agreement on Ukraine, but nourishes the hope that the Normandy format will be able to provide their implementation, said the press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

"Pending one thing: what happens to further promote implementation of Minsk because Minsk consensus have real dates, the specific sequence. We know that until now, unfortunately, with arrangements that evoke a certain optimism, yet We are likely to observe as long as substantial slippage with the implementation of the Minsk agreements ", - said Peskov correspondents Sunday, answering a question about what is expected of the forthcoming meeting of "Norman four" in Paris.

"The main chance that this format will provide the implementation of the Minsk agreements, which, As was stated by the head today, I can't stand any interpretations and do not have double meanings," - said the press Secretary of the President.

first it was claimed that the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, head of the French Republic Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko have plans to meet on 2 October in Paris to discuss the Ukrainian political settlement. The format "Norman Quartet" on Ukraine was formed after the meeting in Normandy in the summer of 2014.

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