Zelensky expects to settle key elements of Minsk Agreements at Normandy format summit

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Sept. 12, 2019 at 9:02 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the March of Dignity to celebrate the 28th anniversary of Ukraine's independence in Kyiv on August 24, 2019.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Ukraine is drawing up a roadmap for implementing the Minsk Agreements, containing clear timelines, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

“The nearest steps include a meeting in the Normandy format, and I believe we will be able to settle a lot of key and truly complex elements of the Minsk Agreements at this meeting,” Zelensky said at a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Kyiv on Sept. 12.

Zelensky said this meeting “will be the nearest contact with Russian President Putin.”