Tehran (Iran News) – Russia on Tuesday rejected the idea of involving the United States in talks to help resolve the conflict between the Kiev government and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was no support for the idea of US role in Ukraine conflict resolve at Normandy Format talks, which involves Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France.

A diplomatic breakthrough last week potentially opened the way for an international summit between the countries aimed at finding a way to end the fighting.

Peskov did say, however, that the US could use its influence in Ukraine, reacting to comments by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko who said it would not be possible to resolve the Ukrainian conflict without US participation, Reuters reported.

“The viewpoint that the US must eventually join this (Normandy) format has found no support,” Peskov told reporters.

“Nevertheless, the US can certainly use its influence in Kiev in order to ensure that Ukraine meets its obligations under the Minsk accord as soon as possible,” he added, referring to a 2015 peace agreement which remains to be fully implemented.

Normandy format also known as the Normandy contact group,[1] or the Normandy Four, is a diplomatic group of senior representatives of the four countries (Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France) to resolve the war in Eastern Ukraine.[2]

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