“We need to meet again in the Norman format as soon as possible. However, this implies that there is a real possibility of making progress, ”RIA Novosti quoted the minister as saying.
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron, during a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, said that he would like to "give the dynamics" to the process of resolving the conflict in Ukraine "in the near future" and considers it necessary to hold a meeting in the Norman format.
In turn, Putin noted that there is no alternative to this format. According to him, he always believed that any meeting should lead to concrete results.