Moscow/Kiev. The leaders of Germany and France are expected to take peace proposals to Moscow on Friday on the second leg of a dramatic initiative to end a conflict in Ukraine that has killed more than 5,000 people and driven Russia-West relations to new lows.
The planned trip by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande to see Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday evening follows five hours of late-night talks with Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko in snow-bound Kiev on Thursday.
Back in their respective capitals in between, Hollande called the talks “the first step,” while Merkel said it was unclear whether the …read more
Source: The Jakarta Globe
