“What’s important now is not the expansion or reduction of any type of formats, what’s important now is the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, which are clearly stated,” Peskov told journalists in response to whether the Normandy format might be expanded.
The Normandy Quartet of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France has been trying to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine that began in April 2014 after Kiev authorities launched an offensive against independence supporters in Donbass.
The mid-February meeting of leaders of the Normandy format group resulted in a 13-point agreement aimed at cessation of hostiles in southeastern Ukraine.
A day earlier, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) negotiator Denis Pushilin told RIA Novosti that the republic was "categorically against" US President Barack Obama's participation in the Normandy format negotiations.
