Moscow is ready to work with Washington on the Ukraine issue in any format based on the understanding that there is no alternative to the Minsk Agreements, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said in an interview with TASS.
When asked about the possibility of resuming Russian-US consultations similar to those that used to involve former Russian Presidential Aide Vladislav Surkov and US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, Rudenko said that “this is, first and foremost, a question for our US partners.” “On our part, we are ready to cooperate in any format based on the principle that there is no alternative to the Minsk Agreement, which was supported by Washington, and the understanding that it is impossible to resolve the conflict without providing special status to Donbass,” he pointed out.
The senior diplomat added that Russia had earlier proposed a Normandy Four group’s meeting to the US, which would also involve representatives of Donetsk and Lugansk. “Unfortunately, we did not get a positive response,” he said.
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