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Kuleba thanked Berlin for the efforts in the Donbass
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine mentioned the reasons for the visit of the representative of the Kremlin to Berlin. Kiev was notified of the consultations.
The negotiations on the Donbass in Berlin with the participation of the deputy director of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Dmitry Kozak, were not secret, Kiev was aware of them. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba, writes RBC-Ukraine on Thursday May 14.
According to him, the reason for Kozak’s visit to Berlin was the lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, as well as Kiev’s proposal to increase the level of representation of the Trilateral Contact Group.
“Obviously, things will move forward if there is constructive reciprocity on the part of Russia. Therefore, a meeting in Berlin was needed. By the way, it was by this logic that my German counterpart, Minister Maas, was able, after my conversation with him, to attract Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to the negotiations in the Norman format. ” “Ukraine knew this Kozak visit beforehand and will know how it went. We have a rule with our partners: we don’t decide anything behind each other’s back. Therefore, we are not talking about any game behind us,” said Kuleba. .
He also thanked Berlin for its efforts to engage Russia in dialogue and seek construction.
Kozak himself called the negotiations constructive. According to him, the consultations in Berlin will give additional impetus to intensify the negotiations in the Norman format and in the Tripartite Contact Group in Minsk.
Recall that in early May Andrei Yermak initiated an increase in the level of representation of Ukraine in the negotiations in Minsk. Now, deputy ministers and popular deputies will participate in them. The composition of the delegation has already been approved by President Zelensky. Correspondent.net I found out what such an initiative could lead to in Kiev.
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