For example, on March 29, 2021, in response to information about preparations for a trilateral videoconference between Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders of the Normandy format, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron, without the participation of Ukraine, official speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko stated: "Our position is clear: nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.
Only the full 'Normandy format' opens up the prospect of progress in resolving the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict".
[5][6] On January 11, 2022, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak at a meeting with leading European media: "We have received assurances from U.S. President Joseph Biden and all our Western partners that any issues concerning our country and its security will not be discussed without its participation.
"[9][10] Biden repeated the same principle at a press conference at the G20 Summit in Bali in November 2022: "... we are not going to engage in any negotiation (on a compromise between Russia and Ukraine).
"[11] On July 12, 2023 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the closing press conference of the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius stated: "... negotiations to solve the conflict in Ukraine will only happen when Ukraine is ready for negotiations.