I/II. http://rbth.com/news/2014/08/18/moscow_says_progress_made_at_ukrainian_peace_talks_in_berlin_39077.html
Moscow says progress made at Ukrainian peace talks in Berlin 14:18 August 18, 2014 Interfax The foreign ministers of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine have made some progress at the Berlin negotiations dedicated to international efforts assisting in the settlement of the internal Ukrainian crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "The ministers have analyzed the Ukrainian situation in every aspect and put an emphasis on the soonest end of the hostilities, border control, humanitarian deliveries to southeastern Ukraine and conditions for the soonest launch of the political settlement process," says a report posted on the ministry's Facebook page. "Some progress has been made in each of these issues," it noted. "It has been agreed to continue the dialogue in the same format in order to present concrete proposals to the leaders of Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine for their consideration," the report continued. The foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov of Russia, Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, Laurent Fabius of France and Pavlo Klimkin of Ukraine, converged at the German Foreign Ministry's Academy. The meeting lasted for about five hours and ended early on Monday morning, Moscow time. II. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/no-progressukraine-truce-or-peace-talks-russian-fm_1158853.html Aug 18, 2014, 06.06 PM IST | Source: PTI No progress on Ukraine truce or peace talks: Russian FM *"One place where we cannot report positive results is in, first and foremost, establishing a ceasefire and (starting) a political process," Lavrov told a Berlin press conference that was carried live by Russian state television.* Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today said that no progress was reached on establishing a ceasefire or starting peace negotiations over Ukraine during crisis talks in Berlin with his counterpart from Kiev. "One place where we cannot report positive results is in, first and foremost, establishing a ceasefire and (starting) a political process," Lavrov told a Berlin press conference that was carried live by Russian state television. Five hours of talks late yesterday that also involved the foreign ministers of Germany and France concluded with an agreement for the sides to meet again and continue trying to descalate the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. Lavrov accused Kiev's new pro-European leaders of continually changing demands over what it would take to establish a truce in more than four months of fighting with pro-Kremlin insurgents that has claimed more than 2,000 lives. Lavrov said he used the Berlin meeting to "reaffirm the Russian position, which is that a ceasefire... must be unconditional. "Our Ukrainian counterparts, unfortunately, continue setting conditions- and rather vague ones at that- including, as they say, the establishment of an impenetrable border," Lavrov noted. He argued that Russia had long attained full control over its portion of Ukraine's eastern frontier and said it was up to Kiev to look after its own security. Kiev and its western allies accuse the Kremlin of shelling Ukrainian positions at the border in order to help the rebels have open access to deliveries of Russian fighters and arms. Moscow denies providing support to pro-Russian rebels. Lavrov said he supported Kiev's proposal of providing unmanned surveillance drones to a handful of monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who are stationed at a few of the border crossings. "The OSCE mission has the right to supply itself with the required equipment," Lavrov said. "We support this approach. The more effective this mission, the better." <http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/no-progressukraine-truce-or-peace-talks-russian-fm_1158853.html?utm_source=ref_article> <http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/no-progressukraine-truce-or-peace-talks-russian-fm_1158853.html?utm_source=ref_article> <http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/no-progressukraine-truce-or-peace-talks-russian-fm_1158853.html?utm_source=ref_article> -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
