I could insist on a dialogue between Moscow and Brussels (EU) after the meeting of the Presidents of the United States and Russia in Geneva in June 2021.

Axar.az reports the statement came from former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"It simply came to our notice then. At a meeting between Biden and Putin in June 2021, we agreed with French President Emmanuel Macron that Europe should be involved in the dialogue. Because I was aware that things were going badly in the Minsk Group. As a result, it was not possible to reach a unanimous decision in the EU. I thought: Yes, everyone knows that I will leave (intends to resign - ed.). A few years ago, I would have insisted on that, " he said