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The meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Emmanuel Macron scheduled for August 19 can lower tensions in southeastern Ukraine, Russia’s Valdai Discussion Club expert and Head of the Center for French Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for European Studies Yuri Rubinsky said in an interview with TASS on Saturday.

Axar.az reports citing TASS.

"The leadership [in Ukraine] has changed and it is now announcing its intention to restart the Normandy Format dialogue, which France initiated," he pointed out. "Both leaders understand the need to breathe new life into the Minsk Agreements, which today are undeniably stalled, even in practice, namely stop the shelling and swap prisoners. Such detente measures can launch the process of diffusing tensions in the Ukrainian crisis."

Answering a question on whether the talks between the Russian and French leaders can bring the Normandy Four summit closer, the expert said that such a meeting needs to have something to discuss. "For now, it is still in question. But since both Emmanuel Macron and [German Chancellor] Angela Merkel have already had rather substantial contacts with the new Ukrainian leadership, they are likely to wield some influence over [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s stance on the Minsk Agreements’ implementation," Rubinsky emphasized. "While Zelensky’s idea to invite the United Kingdom and the United States to the format is unlikely to have any prospects."

Date
2019.08.17 / 23:17
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Axar.az
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