German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Reception House of the Russian Foreign MinistryMOSCOW , Jan 18German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock, following talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said that during her trip to Ukraine and Russia she discussed how to restart the Normandy process. Burbock visited Ukraine on Monday. “Yesterday I was in Kiev, today in Moscow, and we will continue our discussions precisely in the spirit of how to return to the negotiating table within the framework of the Normandy format,” the minister said after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5b06a06373a85242a9551a241651d496.jpg" />Kuleba accused Russia of blocking the settlement process in Donbass «It is important to fill the Normandy Process with concrete content again in order to move forward again along the line of implementing the Minsk agreements. This would be a contribution to strengthening security in Europe and strengthening security for all of us. Yesterday in Kiev and today here in Moscow, I discussed these steps. We weighed mutual proposals and discussed how to restart this process at all levels,» she stressed. in order to start steps in this direction (holding a Normandy format meeting) as soon as possible», Burbock added.The Kremlin responded to Zelensky's words about the talks on the Donbass Moscow does not rule out that the Ukrainian authorities are hatching plans for a forceful solution to the conflict in the southeast with the connivance of Western countries, which continue to «pump» Kiev with weapons and send military instructors. In addition, Kiev blocks work in the Contact Group, refuses direct dialogue with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics and develops draft laws that directly contradict the Minsk agreements — for example, a draft law on the transition period. At the same time, Kiev insists on the need to hold a meeting of the «Norman format», however, Moscow believes that a meeting for the sake of a meeting is not needed and Ukraine must first comply with the decisions of the last summit, which took place in December 2019. />Scholz announced negotiations between representatives of the «Normandy Four»
