“I believe and am convinced that President Zelensky sincerely wants to end the war. I am convinced that today our side is doing everything necessary for this to take place. At all levels, in the Norman format, and in Minsk, ”he said on the television channel Ukraine 24.
Ermak said that Russia is also interested in resolving the conflict in the Donbass. Otherwise, according to him, the meeting of the leaders in the Norman format in Paris in December 2019 would not have taken place.
Earlier Zelensky announced the preparation of the next stage of the exchange of prisoners in the Donbass.
In January, a spokesman for the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that effective contacts had been established between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine.