The presidential
spokesman pointed out that the Kremlin expected the Normandy Four summit to
help resolve the situation in southeastern Ukraine.
SOCHI, December 6.
/TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold separate meetings with
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, French leader Emmanuel Macron and German
Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the Normandy Four summit in Paris
on December 9, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
According to Peskov,
there are plans "to hold important bilateral meetings with President
Macron, German Chancellor Merkel and Ukrainian President Zelensky."
Peskov pointed out
that the Kremlin expected the Normandy Four summit to help resolve the
situation in southeastern Ukraine. "[Putin’s] attitude is serious, the
only expectation is to facilitate efforts to resolve the domestic conflict in
southeastern Ukraine, ensure a common understanding that there is no
alternative to implementing the Minsk Agreements and prevent attempts to dilute
them," the Russian presidential spokesman emphasized.
He was also confident
that the French authorities would succeed in creating conditions for the summit
despite the current protests in Paris. "We are not inclined to exaggerate
the threats the summit could face as we believe that the French authorities are
capable of creating conditions for the meeting and will do it," Peskov
said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
06-12-2019
