Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held separate talks Saturday with his Ukraine, US and German counterparts, the Kremlin announced, as fighting spikes in eastern Ukraine.
During the telephone calls with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Lavrov called for the Ukrainian army “to begin the demilitarisation” of the flashpoint Shyrokine village.Pro-Moscow Ukrainian rebels have already withdrawn from the strategic area 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the Azov Sea port of Mariupol, the last major town in the region still controlled by the Ukraine government, Lavrov told them.He also called on his Ukrainian counterpart to “resolve the questions concerning …read more
Source: TOLOnews
