MOSCOW — Top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany discussed ways to advance the peace process for eastern Ukraine in Thursday’s call, but failed to achieve any tangible progress.
The call follows a December summit in Paris where the leaders of the four nations agreed to make additional steps toward ending the fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels. The six-year conflict that erupted after Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea has killed more than 14,000 people.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said at a briefing after the call the four ministers agreed that negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the rebels should …read more
Source:: National Newswatch
