Volker: France and Germany do not put enough pressure on Russia in Normandy format

"Unfortunately, the United States has not played much of a role in supporting this process since I stepped down in September. I think that's a real loss, and as a result, it is really now on the shoulders of France and Germany," Volker said during an online conference on the current situation in Donbas organized by the Atlantic Council on June 10, an Ukrinform own correspondent reports.

In this context, he noted that he had a "great disappointment" with the fact that "France and Germany do not clearly state that Russia is in violation of the Minsk agreements."

Russia is a signatory and it is a party to the agreements, it's not an outside observer, the diplomat stressed.

"It [Russia] is a protagonist in the conflict and it is a signatory to the agreements and it has not fulfilled the obligations that it undertook. And I think that is one of the most significant things," Volker said.

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