Laws are being adopted in Ukraine that “put an end to the Minsk agreements,” Lavrov said.
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The meeting of the Normandy Four will not make sense without discussing the Minsk agreements, the Russian Foreign Minister believes.
The calls of the Ukrainian side for an immediate meeting in the Normandy format in case of refusal to comply with the Minsk agreements are a manifestation of foreign policy schizophrenia. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov, reports TASS Thursday 9 September.
“The Normandy format must carry out the work entrusted to it by the leaders of the four states, this means creating conditions for the concrete implementation in their entirety and consistency of the Minsk agreements,” Lavrov said at a press conference. through his foreign minister calls on rather to meet in the Normandy format, while in parallel other members of the Ukrainian leadership declare that they will not fulfill these agreements, such a split in consciousness, foreign policy schizophrenia is observed. “
The minister drew attention to the fact that Ukraine is adopting laws that “put an end to” the Minsk agreements.
“Otherwise, it is difficult to characterize the law that prohibits the use of the Russian language, as well as the law that is being discussed in the Verkhovna Rada concerning amnesties, the special status of Donbass and the special procedure for organizing elections there,” Lavrov said.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the meeting of the Quartet would not make sense without discussing the Minsk agreements.
“As soon as we fix clearly and unequivocally that the Normandy format will continue to do nothing other than the implementation of the Minsk agreements, and not an attempt to rewrite them or involve other countries, it hardly makes sense to get together,” he stressed.
Recall that Kiev is considering immediately several options for attracting Washington to the Normandy format in Donbass. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit to the United States last week.
Earlier, the American State Department said that possible US participation in the Normandy format will not help, since the main problem in this matter is Russia.
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