UNIAN: Russia blocks Normandy meeting at G20 summit, separate meetings scheduled

By UNIAN.

Published Aug. 30, 2016 at 9:14 pm

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Francois Hollande (L-R) attend a meeting on February 11, 2015 in Minsk aimed at halting a 10-month war in Ukraine where dozens were killed in the latest fighting.

Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has announced that no meeting in the Normandy format between the presidents of Germany, France and Russia is scheduled on the sidelines of the G20 summit in China, the leaders will have separate meetings, according to Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with his French counterpart Francois Hollande in Hangzhou on September 4, while a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel is slated for September 5, he said.