The foreign Ministers of Germany and Russia want to engage in the negotiations on Ukraine and the USA
In Russia and Germany expressed the desire to attract the United States to the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.
This was stated by foreign Minister of Germany and Russia, Sigmar Gabriel and Sergei Lavrov after bilateral talks in Moscow, reports UNIAN.
“With regard to Eastern Ukraine, we are interested in the Normandy format was a format that not only accompanies, but also looks at the implementation of Minsk. We are interested that the United States was not only informed, but also used their influence on all whom they can influence. We would like to support our American colleagues, that they enjoy their role, their influence,” – said the German Minister.
In turn, Lavrov said that there are hardly any conflict where it would be possible without the United States do.
In addition, he stated that, building relations with Washington in parallel with the “channel format” in recent years, after the adoption of the Minsk-2 was installed in channel bilateral consultations.
“These consultations were in the same direction, and approaches that emerge within the “Normandy format” with the aim of fulfilling the Minsk agreements. I am convinced that the US involvement in further efforts towards the full implementation of the Minsk agreements would be very useful,” – said Lavrov.
In addition, the Russian foreign Minister noted that in the US system is so constituted that many officials appointed only after the procedure of hearings in the Senate, and it takes time that “do not really allows you to work actively with our American partners… it applies to Ukraine”. This idea was supported by Gabriel.
We will remind, earlier on the sidelines of the Munich security conference voiced the initiative to attract US to resolve the situation in Donbas took skeptical. Were not high expectations of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin from the meeting of the participants of the “Normandy format” in Munich.