Normandy Four summit will take place in next few weeks - Macron

25.09.2019 09:40

Ukrinform

A Normandy Four summit will be held in the coming weeks, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.

He said this in his speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, September 14, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"In the next few weeks, we will have the Normandy format summit of heads of state and government," Macron said.

He noted that Ukraine needs "courage to build peace."

"President Zelensky has taken the first steps. President Putin has responded. The progress has been made over the past few weeks. And here we know again what should be the next steps. We have the Minsk agreements, and we should be able to build a lasting peace by working on the ground," Macron said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said on September 13 that the Normandy format summit in Paris would not take place in the near future, as Russia "cannot" take part in it.

It was earlier planned that such a meeting could be held as early as September 16. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his desire to hold the Normandy format summit by the end of September.