Section: Germany
Daalder: ‘Russia has no incentive to negotiate’
Moscow and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine have little incentive to negotiate with Kyiv, former US ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder tells DW. He also explains why diplomacy and force are not mutually exclusive. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Putin and Poroshenko plan phone call after ‘substantial and constructive’ Ukraine talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko are due to telephone to discuss an end to fighting in eastern Ukraine. Putin spent hours in talks with French and German leaders on Friday. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel and Hollande arrive in Moscow for peace talks
The French and German leaders have landed in Russia for talks with President Putin. Merkel and Hollande hope to stem the bloodshed in Ukraine, but were cautious to show much hope for the meeting’s positive outcome. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Munich hangs Ukraine hopes on Merkel-Hollande plan
The Munich Security Conference is very different than in past years, writes Michael Knigge. The conflict in Ukraine has not only altered the mood in Munich, but given the meeting a strong purpose. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel makes Moscow trip ‘to defend peace’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she and French President Francois Hollande’s initiative for conflict-wracked Ukraine was aimed at defending European peace”. …read more Source: The Local...
Merkel plays down expectations ahead of Moscow peace talks
Chancellor Angela Merkel has played down expectations ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at ending the fighting in Ukraine. She also described her efforts as being “about European peace.” …read more Source: Deutsche...
Humanitarian truce agreed around contested eastern Ukraine town
Pro-Russia separatists and Kyiv officials have reached a truce to allow for the evacuation of civilians from a besieged town in eastern Ukraine. The move comes amid a new German-French push for peace. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel, Hollande to travel to Moscow to push Ukraine peace plan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are set to put a new peace plan to Vladimir Putin. The West sees the Russian president as crucial to ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel-Hollande visit ‘gives hope for peace’ says Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said a new peace plan proposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French leader Francois Hollande, which will be presented to Moscow on Friday, has raised hopes for an end to the fighting with Kiev’s pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The Local...
Merkel, Hollande press fresh peace initiative for Ukraine
A hasty peace initiative for war-torn Ukraine next takes Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Francois Hollande from Kyiv to Moscow. Also visiting Kyiv, US top diplomat John Kerry has urged Russia to “pull back” weapons. …read more Source: Deutsche...
