MOSCOW: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande arrived in Moscow yesterday to secure President Vladimir Putin’s support for a peace plan to end surging separatist violence in the east. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said talks with Merkel and Hollande late Thursday raised “hope for a ceasefire” after the duo jetted in to Kiev in the biggest push yet to resolve the ten-month conflict.
As fears have soared over an escalation in the conflict, Merkel said yesterday in Berlin that the surprise peace bid was aimed at defending “European peace” and that the duo were not acting merely as …read more
Source: Kuwait Times
