Kiev (Ukraine), December 15: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday said that the issue of including the United States in the Normandy format on the Ukrainian crisis is not on the agenda, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
"There is no question of reformatting the Normandy format," Kuleba told reporters in Kiev.
At the same time, the minister said that the United States would continue its dialogue with Russia regarding Ukraine.
Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met online to discuss the Ukrainian crisis, among other issues.
Some Ukrainian experts and officials suggested that the talks mean that the United States would join the Normandy format, a four-party diplomatic group consisting of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France to resolve the conflict in Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas.
The conflict in Donbas started in April 2014 after government forces launched offensives to regain control of the cities and towns seized by armed groups which declared independence from Kiev.
The confrontation has claimed some 14,000 lives and left 40,000 more wounded.
Source: Xinhua