Zelensky says Normandy format is only format for settling conflict in Donbass - TASS

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Monday he thinks that the Normandy format (Germany, France, Russia, Ukraine) is the only format on the settlement of the conflict in Donbass.

"I completely support this format and think that we have no other tool other than the Normandy format to get over this situation, to really stop the war in eastern Ukraine," he said during talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. A fragment of the telephone talks was posted on the Telegram channel of Ukraine’s Dom television channel.

The Ukrainian president also said he wanted a meeting of the Normandy Four leader to be organized in the near future.

The office of the Ukrainian president said earlier that the sides had discussed further steps toward peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbass and preparations of the Normandy Four summit.