Normandy Format Talks In Paris Were Long And Fruitless

In Paris, negotiations were held for 8,5 hours between political advisers to the leaders of the Normandy Four - Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine.

Naturally, the focus was on the situation in the Donbass. No one expected a breakthrough, but the very fact of such a meeting is already important. Therefore, all of Europe closely followed the consultations. Russia was represented by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak. The situation in southeastern Ukraine is heating up again, but for some reason Kiev is in no hurry to fulfill its obligations under the Minsk agreements.

“Our disagreements often come to such an extent that we don’t understand from which document they take and draw some conclusions. I have repeatedly said, maybe we have some kind of different documents? Maybe there are other Minsk agreements in the Normandy format for the USA? Or do they have some obligations of Russia written in invisible ink between the lines? Let's get a look. We didn't find anything," Kozak said.

The next round of talks of the Normandy Format political advisers will take place in Berlin in two weeks.