The Ukrainian presidential administration said it’s not ruling out that a meeting can be held at the level of the foreign ministers of the Normandy Four. Deputy chief of staff Kostiantyn Yeliseyev reiterated that the summit of the Normandy Four states is due on October 2nd in Paris. "But still I cannot rule out the possibility of any bilateral meetings [during the General Assembly], and ones with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in particular, for the purpose of coordinating our positions ahead of the October 2 Normandy Four meeting," Yeliseyev said.