Angela Merkel
Possible visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow does not mean the resumption of the Russian-German intergovernmental consultations, said the official representative of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov. His words leads to “Interfax” on Thursday, March 9.
“No. It does not. This mechanism while paused”, — said Peskov.
Earlier Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with the foreign Ministers of Russia and Germany Sergey Lavrov and Sigmar Gabriel said that Moscow is waiting for a visit of Merkel and of President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Putin also said that countries should follow the path of normalization of relations.
The last telephone conversation between Putin and Merkel took place on 7 February. During the meeting, the parties called for the immediate restoration of the cease-fire in Ukraine. They met in person in October of last year at the summit “channel four” in Berlin. Prior to that, the negotiations in this format took place in Paris in October last year.