Ukraine does not go to any negotiations in order to surrender its positions or to damage its national interests, and the talks of the Normandy quartet advisors in Berlin will not be an exception to this rule. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this during a press conference following talks with the German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, reports UNN.
"All those conspiracy theories, rumors that are now circulating in the Ukrainian media space and stirring up the atmosphere - they do not correspond to reality. Ukraine does not go to any negotiations in order to surrender its positions or harm its national interests. And negotiations in Berlin will not be an exception to this rule", the minister said.
According to Kuleba, a few weeks ago there was "a very difficult meeting" in Paris, and the preparation of the meeting in Berlin is not easy either.
At the same time, says the minister, Ukraine and partners are working to ensure that "at least" after the meeting in Berlin, negotiations at the level of advisers of the Normandy format will continue and another meeting will be planned.
"Because that would mean that Russia would stay on the diplomatic track - and that is very important in itself. As a maximum, we hope that there will be concrete solutions on how to essentially unblock the work of the trilateral contact group and move it forward," he added.
As a reminder, last week the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said that the advisors of the Normandy quartet leaders - Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France - would meet next week. Yermak was supposed to go to the meeting on behalf of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that he expected from this meeting an agreement on a meeting of the Normandy quartet leaders.
