1st LD: Moscow strives for Ukrainian peace process
Xinhua, January 26, 2015 Adjust font size:
Moscow is taking efforts to revive the peaceful process in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
"We are convinced that the peace process needs to be revived and necessary efforts are being taken for this, primarily to start a long-expected direct dialogue between Kiev government and insurgents," Tass news agency quoted Lavrov as saying.
"We see Kiev's attempts to settle down the crisis through military way, namely to suppress the eastern Ukraine, as a disruption of the peaceful process," the minister told reporters after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Liberman.
Contacts between Kiev and Donbass militia representatives are expected to take place in the next few days, Lavrov said, adding that Russian side is trying to facilitate the dialogue. Endi