Lavrov commented on the idea of meeting in the format “Norman Quartet”
KIEV. August 20. UNN. The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov urged “to prepare additional steps” to promote the implementation of the Minsk agreements, writes UNN citing the Russian news Agency TASS.
He noticed that the theme of the summit in “Norman format” comment on Monday the presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel macron. “As the President said Putin, we are ready to meet in any format, if only it will be effective. President Makron confirmed that he is not a supporter of the meeting for the sake of meeting. Then we discussed the need first of all to fulfill what the leaders of “Norman Quartet” agreed almost three years ago — in October 2016 in Berlin” — said the head of depodesta on Tuesday at a press conference, answering the question TASS.
He reminded that this applies to the full withdrawal of forces and funds for three pilot areas along the line of contact in Donbas — in near settlements the Village Lugansk, Peter and gold. “Now, the contact group seems to have been progress in the breeding of forces and means in the Village of Lugansk, but in the other two areas it is necessary to restore the status quo, because at the end of last year — early this year, the Ukrainian armed forces, which had been withdrawn, once again there has returned”, said Lavrov. The Minister noted that another challenge is “to clearly define the so-called formula Steinmeier regarding the procedure of entry into force of the law on the special status”.
“Everything was agreed in detail. We are now in the “channel format” and in the contact group proposed to consolidate paper-legal way, — said the head of the foreign Ministry. And, thus, the results of the last summit of the “Normandy Quartet” will be performed, it will be possible to speak about what the next step needs to be done in this format.”
“Of course, this will require preparatory work. Foreign policy aides to the leaders met in Paris last month. The meeting was useful, we yesterday for talks with French colleagues stated. But it is necessary to prepare additional steps that will promote the implementation of the Minsk agreements”, — Lavrov said. He again noted that talking about the preparation of new meeting of leaders “Norman Quartet” will be possible after-the-fact “what was agreed at the previous summit”.
As noted by UNN, specific marks for any parameters a new meeting in Normandy format, and the date of bilateral contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky yet. The journalists said the press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov.