Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov clarified the terms of negotiations in the Normandy format.
Peskov stressed, that there are no prerequisites for a meeting of the heads of the countries-guarantors of the implementation of the Minsk agreements (Russia, FRG, France, Ukraine), but an agreement was reached to hold a meeting 12 July "at the level of assistants", According to RIA Novosti. As Peskov explained, from Russia "will be or Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov, or Vladislav Yurievich Surkov. Both are possible.".
Earlier, Peskov said, that such a meeting is necessary, because "you need to check the clock, understand, where are we. There was a big break in communication. Complete stagnation in the implementation of the Minsk agreements, therefore, first you need to conduct a joint reconnaissance, understand, where are we".