“I am ready for a substantive conversation with Foreign Minister Lavrov in the four-way Normandy format both on security issues and on political issues of settlement,” Kuleba said during a briefing following a meeting with his German counterpart Heiko Maas.

According to him, Ukraine intends to make progress in the negotiations.

He thanked Germany and France for their efforts in the Normandy format.

Earlier, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Yenin in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Derek Scholl called on to prevent the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction project.