BERLIN — Germany’s foreign minister is hosting his counterparts from Russia, Ukraine and France to try to calm the Ukrainian crisis and perhaps clear the way for a summit of the countries’ leaders.The Berlin meeting on Monday evening follows a flurry of diplomacy including a brief weekend encounter in Paris between the German, French and Ukrainian leaders.German Chancellor Angela Merkel also has spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and met the president of Kazakhstan, the possible host of a four-way summit on Ukraine. …read more
Source: Boston Herald