Russian President Vladimir Putin today, December 21, spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron. During the conversation, the Russian president named the conditions for holding a meeting in the Normandy format to resolve the conflict in Donbass.
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In a conversation with Macron, Putin again shifted the responsibility for delaying the negotiation process to Ukraine.
“The Russian President stressed that the possibility of holding a new summit in the Normandy format depends on the specific steps of the Kiev authorities to implement the Minsk Package of Measures,” the Kremlin said.
At the same time, the press service of the Russian president did not specify exactly which “concrete steps” of the Ukrainian authorities Putin spoke about.
Also, the presidents of Russia and France discussed the so-called “security guarantees” in Europe proposed by Moscow. Putin informed Macron about “Russian diplomacy, which is being conducted on this topic.”
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