MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. The date to hold a summit of UN Security Council five permanent members via a video conference has not been set yet, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"The exact date for the video conference has not been designated yet," he noted.

Answering a question whether a conversation is planned to take place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the summit’s eve, the Kremlin representative underlined, "Boris Johnson is still ill for now [after being hospitalized with COVID-19 on April 5 — TASS] and he has not fully resumed his duties." "Undeniably, everyone in Russia wishes him a speedy recovery and victory over this nasty virus," Peskov added.

On January 23, Putin delivered a speech at the World Holocaust Forum where he proposed organizing a summit of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council in 2020. Lavrov earlier announced that China and France had backed this initiative. Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric had informed that the UN leadership would also welcome such a summit but the initiative was put off by the coronavirus pandemic.

On April 17, the Russian leader and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed possibilities to hold a working meeting of the UN Security Council permanent members (Russia, China, France, Great Britain and the United States) via a video conference.

Plans for Normandy Four summit

There are no plans to hold another Normandy Four summit to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, including via a video conference, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that the implementation of the Minsk agreements leaves much to be desired.

"There are no plans on that score so far," he said. "The implementation of the Minsk agreements in general and the Paris agreements in particular still leaves much to be desired."

"There are no specific plans on that score now," Peskov added.

The previous Normandy Four summit was held in Paris on December 9, 2019. Plans were in store to hold the next meeting four months after the Paris talks.

When asked to assess Vladimir Zelensky’s presidency one year on, Peskov noted that this should be evaluated by Kiev and Ukraine, not the Kremlin.

"For Russia, as one of the guarantors of the Minsk agreements, it is important to make sure that the sequence of actions enshrined in that document is observed. So far, we note that no substantial progress has been made in this field," he said.