Macron plans to convene Normandy-format summit in September

French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to hold a summit in the Normandy format on the situation in Ukraine in September.

"We agreed - and it is committed to paper in the brief text - to hold a meeting in the Normandy format at the level of heads of state and government in September," the French leader said at a news conference after the G7 summit in Biarritz.

"We believe that conditions are ripe for a useful summit at the level of heads of state and government," TASS cited Macron as saying.

He did not specify the concrete date but stressed he had discussed these plans with the Russian and Ukrainian presidents.