Russia puts forward unacceptable conditions for negotiations in the Normandy format and wants to become a neutral mediator in them. France and Germany are convinced of this, writes Deutsche Welle.

Prior to this, Moscow accused the negotiators of not responding to its proposals.. The French Foreign Ministry denied this information.

" They proposed to hold a ministerial meeting in the Normandy format, which was rejected by the Russian Foreign Minister, "

Then this information was confirmed in Germany.. They said that Russia is taking an " The rest of the parties to the negotiations do not perceive such behavior..

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Kuleba named the reason for the breakdown of the talks of the Foreign Ministers of the Normandy format.

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We will remind, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow refused to offer France to hold a ministerial meeting of the Normandy Four on November 11. On October 29, the Russian side handed over to its colleagues in Berlin, Paris and Kiev its version of the draft final document, in which the settlement of the situation in Donbass is proposed on the terms of the Kremlin.

Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a videoconference first with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and then spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding preparations for the summit..

But Russia's promises remain empty words: Moscow avoids a ministerial meeting. According to the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmitry Kuleba, all the participants have already confirmed their readiness to meet several times, the only exception is the Russian side..

Answering Kuleba, Lavrov said that " The reason for the problems with agreeing on the date, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry called the alleged unwillingness of Ukraine to comply with the decisions of Normandy-2019.