“Today, very close contacts are taking place at the level of the President of the Republic of Macron with German Chancellor Merkel and at the same time Presidents Zelensky and Putin in the hope of holding this meeting before the end of this month,” the diplomat quotes Ukrinform.

According to him, Macron "pays a lot of personal attention to this issue, so we hope that this planned meeting can be realized."

Merkel said earlier that work on the Norman-format summit is ongoing.

As noted in the Kremlin, the parties demonstrate a political will to resume such high-level talks.

In late August, Macron announced plans to hold a meeting of Norman-format leaders in September.