Putin: "It is Pointless and "Dangerous" to Hold a Normandy-Format Summit in September"

• 08.11.2016, 14:39
•  EEU,  World

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Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vladimir Yelchenko mentioned that Kiev has always been ready for further talks in the Normandy Four format (Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine) and within the Minsk process.

He told that taking into account the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement following reports on an exposed attempt to commit a terrorist attack in Crimea by Ukrainian saboteurs, in such conditions it is pointless and "dangerous" to hold a Normandy-format summit in September.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described as silly and criminal the Ukrainian special services’ attempt at an act of sabotage in Crimea. In his words, the real purpose was to distract attention from Ukraine’s internal problems. Putin emphasized that it looks pointless to hold a the Normandy format in such conditions.

"Of course, in these circumstances holding a meeting in the Normandy format, the more so in China, is pointless. Apparently, those who once seized power in Kiev and are still retaining it have shifted to terrorist practices instead of searching for compromises,… instead of searching for ways of a peaceful settlement."