“We know, indeed, such a wish was expressed from different sides, not only from Kiev, and, indeed, it would be good.
But there is a very important "but" here.
As we said, there is no point in holding a summit for the sake of a summit, ”a Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
He stressed that the meeting should be prepared, "especially in the conditions of an acute shortage of any results of the implementation of previously reached agreements."
According to him, both the foreign ministries of the four countries and political advisers are engaged in the preparation of a possible event and revision of the current state of affairs, but "we cannot boast of any special results so far."
Peskov also noted that, in general, it is clear what needs to be done to organize the summit, "it is best understood, probably, by our counterparts in Kiev, but, unfortunately, they do not want to do this."
Earlier, the head of the Ukrainian leader's office, Andriy Yermak, said that Kiev is working to ensure that the meeting of leaders in the Normandy format will take place before the end of Merkel's term.