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Normandy format talks to be held with Russia, Ukraine this week

by Anadolu Agency

Paris Feb 08, 2022 - 8:51 pm GMT+3
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference following their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 8, 2022. (AFP Photo)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference following their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 8, 2022. (AFP Photo)
by Anadolu Agency Feb 08, 2022 8:51 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new meeting with Russia and Ukraine in Berlin to be held later this week. Germany and France will also join the talks in which implementation of a cease-fire and concrete political solution to ongoing tensions will be discussed, the president said Tuesday.

On the second leg of his marathon diplomacy in Kyiv, one day after talks in the Kremlin, Macron confirmed a new meeting under the existing Normandy format to take place Feb. 10 between diplomats from four countries to work on different political processes.

Paris already hosted talks under the Normandy format last month involving diplomatic advisers from the four countries.

He said his visit to Kyiv and Moscow has helped "reinstate security and stability on our continent that is shaken by the current military build-up.”

Russia has deployed a large number of troops and military equipment on Ukraine’s borders, stirring fears of another invasion.

The threat emanates from Russia’s invasion of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014.

Macron said Russia has put pressure on the international community by adopting a threatening posture.

"Our will for the following weeks is to stabilize the situation, to re-engage by using new guarantee mechanisms for de-escalation. We have to resolutely implement the Minsk agreement and continue to have dialogue for the shared security and stability of our continent,” he noted in a joint news conference at the end of the meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Macron said the process of dialogue must "move forward independently of military pressure” and warned there is a "risk of escalation” as Moscow announced a naval drill in the Black Sea with six Russian warships.

He said he and Zelenskyy agreed they have a common vision of the threats posed to Ukraine's and the world’s security.

He lauded the Ukrainians for facing the current "military aggression” with dignity and paid tribute to demonstrators and soldiers who fought to maintain democracy in 2014.

Macron said Putin and Zelenskyy have personally assured him of their willingness to implement the Minsk protocol.

"This shared determination is the only path that will allow us to find a durable political solution,” he said.

The foundation of the Minsk accords guarantees Ukraine’s territorial guarantee based on a shared Moscow and Kyiv's commitment to move negotiations forward, he added.

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