MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st December, 2019) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, may meet informally on the sidelines of the four-way summit in Paris, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Sunday.
"There will be an opportunity for Putin and Zelenskyy to talk. It will not be a formal one because it will take place on the sidelines of another event. But a contact would undoubtedly be welcome because we want to understand... how the Ukrainian leader expects to deliver on the Minsk Accords," he said in a show on the Vesti television channel.
Asked whether the two leaders would discuss restoring the relationship between their countries to its pre-2014 level, Lavrov said that the ball was in Ukraine's court.
"We did not reduce bilateral ties or sever transport connections. If Ukraine � as many experts in Kiev claim � is interested in renewing them, I think we will reciprocate that," he told "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" show.
