Lavrov keeps avoiding Normandy Four foreign ministerial - Kuleba

That’s according to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba who spoke at a panel show on 1+1 TV, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Among the latest developments on the diplomatic track, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has submitted its proposals to Germany, France, and Ukraine – their vision of what the final document of a potential meeting of foreign ministers should be like," Kuleba said.

"But this document is spelled in such a way that it leaves no doubt, confirming that Minister Lavrov continues to avoid such a meeting, while we’re seeing intensified Russian propaganda spins and the acceleration of this hybrid war flywheel," the minister said.

Kuleba also stressed that both Paris and Berlin are aware that it’s Russian officials who are responsible for the delay in holding the Normandy Four foreign ministerial.

As reported, on October 31, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia had handed proposals to the leaders of France, Germany, and Ukraine to meet in the Normandy format and "awaits a response."

Meanwhile, Ukraine, Germany, and France are ready to hold a new summit of the Normandy Four leaders before Angela Merkel resigns. For its part, Russia has been hindering the process. The latest such summit took place in Paris in December 2019.

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