Ukraine’s new president has proposed holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in the east and Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggested that he and Putin meet in Minsk, Belarus, adding he would like the leaders of the U.S., Britain, France and Germany to join the talks.Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin will study Zelenskiy’s proposal.Speaking after Monday’s talks with European Union leaders in Kyiv, Zelenskiy also said that his government could consider lifting the economic blockade of the rebel areas.He said restrictions on trade with the regions controlled by Russia-supported separatists could …read more
Source: Voice of America
