"Last night the leaders of the African initiative [on Ukraine] met with Putin and discussed the peace plan. The meeting ended at 02:00 [local time], they are preparing a final communique," the source said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later confirmed that a brief statement on the Ukraine crisis is being prepared that will sum up Putin's meeting with his African counterparts.
The second Russia-Africa Summit and Economic and Humanitarian Forum took place in the Russian city of St. Petersburg from July 27-28. Sputnik was an official media partner of the forum.