The Russian Foreign Ministry does not see any contraindications for the United States to join the “Normandy format”, RIA Novosti reports, citing the acting director of the Third European Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Oleg Krasnitsky.
“This question (the US joining the” Normandy format “), it constantly sounds, in principle there are no contraindications to the US joining, since they really affect Ukraine, and a lot depends on Washington’s position in the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict. In principle, if the United States is really ready to make its own contribution, we have always been open for America to exert its influence on Kiev, ”he said.
Earlier, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, speaking of the possibility of inviting American leader Joe Biden to join the “Normandy format”, said that he was self-sufficient.
“This is a self-sufficient format, and although its effectiveness now due to the position of Kiev, due to the fact that Kiev does not fulfill the Minsk agreements, is very, very modest, I mean the effectiveness of this format, but still Paris and Berlin believed that this is a self-sufficient format, so there is no need to expand it, “Peskov said ahead of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden on December 7.
The Normandy Format was created in 2014 to resolve the conflict in southeastern Ukraine. It includes the leaders of four countries: Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. The Normandy Four in 2015 adopted the Minsk agreements, which are aimed at overcoming the conflict in Donbass.
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