“The one-on-one meeting was about an hour longer than planned according to the protocol, which means that there was live contact, this is the most important thing. It was precisely felt that the leader of France today has not just desires and intentions, but this chemistry that I felt at the Elysee Palace means that we have real partners, “he said.
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine noted that “there is no reason for panic.”
“And Macron, and [канцлер Германии Ангела] Merkel is definitely interested in helping as much as possible in moderating conversations between Ukraine and Russia, Zelensky and [президента РФ Владимира] Putin. It started in 2014, and today this role remains with them. They have a difficult role, because they talked separately with the representative of Russia, “Reznikov noted.
He believes that Merkel and Macron “understand that Ukraine is exactly fulfilling all the obligations” taken in Paris on December 9, 2019 at a meeting of the leaders of the Normandy format countries, “that you can definitely believe Ukraine in the person of Zelensky.”
“Unfortunately, the counterpart, the president of Russia, for some reason gave a command to his subordinates, who perform the functions of negotiators on the Normandy format, advisers or representatives in the TCG – they behave without trying to demonstrate their readiness to reach peace. I think Macron is he understands that he has a difficult challenge today: while remaining the leader of one of the dominant European countries, try to put Putin at the negotiating table in these difficult conditions, explaining that no goal will be achieved by military means, only by political and diplomatic means, “Reznikov explained.
- In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in the east of Ukraine. The fighting is between the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the one hand and the Russian army and Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
- Negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass are being held in the TCG in Minsk (Ukraine, Russia, OSCE), as well as in the Normandy format – with the participation of representatives of Ukraine, France, Germany and Russia.
- On December 9, 2019, a summit of the leaders of the Normandy Four was held in Paris. Its final communiqué states that the parties agreed on a ceasefire, the opening of new checkpoints, the exchange of detainees according to the “all for all” formula until December 31, 2019, the disengagement of forces and assets in three new areas in the Donbass, the extension of the law “On a special procedure for local self-government in certain areas” for a year Donetsk and Luhansk regions “and the expansion of the mandate of the OSCE special monitoring mission.
- Arrangements were partially implemented… The next summit was expected to take place in March – April 2020, but this did not happen.
- Zelensky April 16 met with Macronto discuss the situation in Donbass. Merkel later joined the tete-a-tete negotiations in video format.
- Following the meeting, the leaders of the three countries issued a statement in which called on the Russian Federation to withdraw troops from the borders of Ukraine, and agreed that meeting of advisers to the leaders of the Normandy Four, which will discuss the “road map” for the implementation of the Minsk agreements, will take place on April 19.
- During the meeting, Zelensky told his colleagues in the Normandy format about escalation in Donbass and suggested to Macron sign a declaration of support for Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
- Following Zelensky’s visit to Paris, the Elysee Palace announced Macron’s intention to talk to Putin.
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