They include the Russian envoy for the negotiations on Ukraine, Dmitri Kozak, and the director of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriy Yemak, as well as Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron, and Jens Plötner, adviser to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. .
Russia is under fire for allegedly stationing tens of thousands of troops on the Ukrainian border in the face of an attack.
Moscow also demands guarantees about its security, such as ruling out that Ukraine can join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Washington threatens Moscow with economic sanctions if it invades the neighboring country, from which the Crimean peninsula was already annexed in 2014.
The last summit of the Normandy Quartet dates back to December 2019 in Paris, where the then Russian leaders, Vladimir Putin; Ukrainian, Volodimir Zelensky; German, Angela Merkel; and Macron.
Paris hopes that a new summit can take place, this time in Berlin.
“It is very encouraging that the Russians have agreed to re-enter this diplomatic format … This meeting will give a clear indication of the state of mind of the Russians, ahead of the conversation on Friday” between Macron and Putin, the presidency said. French.
“We want a de-escalation, something that must be achieved through dialogue and dissuasion (…) The two feed off each other,” according to the Elysee.