! DONETSK, Russia, Aug 17, 2014 (AFP) - The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will hold URGENT TALKS in Berlin Sunday, seeking to defuse tensions in east Ukraine where Kiev is attempting to defeat pro-Russian rebels. Sundays meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ukraines Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, and their French and German counterparts in Berlin comes amid a flurry of diplomacy to calm tensions. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held phone talks Saturday with US Vice President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germanys Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Bild newspaper that he hoped the talks would help put an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine and provide the territories with urgent and necessary aid. The French presidency suggested that Sundays meeting could be a first step towards a face-to-face encounter between the Russian and Ukrainian heads of state. French President Francois Hollande called for Ukraine to show restraint and good judgement as it pushed on to oust insurgents after four months of fighting that has killed over 2,100 people and left the region facing a humanitarian disaster.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 03:57:57 +0000
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