“In & nbsp; lately Russia's position, its & nbsp; role in & nbsp; internal Ukrainian settlement and & nbsp; in & nbsp; & ldquo; Normandy format & rdquo; are distorted. To prevent further speculation, the Russian Foreign Ministry decided to publicize the primary sources & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; reported the department on & nbsp; its website.
Lavrov on November 8 & nbsp; rejected the proposal of Berlin and & nbsp; Paris to hold a meeting of foreign ministers of the countries & nbsp; & mdash; participants in the Normandy format on November 11 & nbsp; The minister explained that & nbsp; this is impossible, firstly, because of & nbsp; his schedule, and & nbsp; secondly, because & nbsp; Moscow's proposals on the & nbsp; final document of the meeting remain unanswered. Lavrov stressed that & nbsp; Russia is interested in the substantive side of the issue, and & nbsp; not & nbsp; “ showy performances. ''
The Normandy format of negotiations on the & nbsp; conflict in & nbsp; Donbass has existed since & nbsp; June 2014. Then, during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the landing of allied troops in Normandy, the leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and & nbsp; France discussed this problem for the first time.
The last summit was held in Paris on December 9 & nbsp; December, 2019. Then the parties agreed on steps to & nbsp; settlement of the conflict, but & nbsp; didn & nbsp; achieve a ceasefire. The Ukrainian authorities have not yet & nbsp; implemented the Steinmeier formula, which defines the mechanism for the phased implementation of the Minsk agreements.