And about. German Chancellor Merkel was not surprised by the publication of Lavrov's correspondence with Maas and Le Drian and the Federal Republic of Germany Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. She noted during a press conference that she was not surprised by the disclosure of this information, reports TASS.
“The fact that the letters have been made public is not so surprising. I read many of my letters in the newspapers. In this sense, there is nothing to hide, “Merkel emphasized.
On November 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published the correspondence of the head of the ministry, Sergei Lavrov, with colleagues from France and Germany, in order to avoid distorting Moscow's position regarding the meeting of diplomats in the” Normandy format “and “Prevent further speculation” on this topic. The official representative of the department Maria Zakharova said that the publication of the correspondence is proof that the Russian side is not sabotaging the negotiations on Donbass in the “Normandy format”.
It is known that the correspondence was published after the Foreign Ministers of France and Germany Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas expressed regret over Russia's “refusal” from the “Normandy format” to resolve the situation with Ukraine.