: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine, Russian Presidents to Meet in Bid to End Crisis


Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says he will meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week in Italy for talks on a peace plan for eastern Ukraine and an ongoing natural gas dispute.

Poroshenko, speaking Saturday, said the talks will take place on the sidelines of an Asia-Europe summit in Milan, and are likely to include the leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Britain.

The Ukraine leader warned of difficult negotiations, while telling reporters “we are very close” to settling the gas dispute with Moscow.

Russia shut off gas deliveries to energy-dependent Ukraine in June, over what Moscow claims are more than $5 billion …read more

Source: Voice of America

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