The Geneva statement adopted at a four-party meeting on Ukraine on Thursday, April 17, calls for a national dialogue in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the talks.
“It calls for an immediate commencement of a broad national dialogue which must be inclusive, transparent and accountable,” he said.
Lavrov stressed that measures to disarm illegal armed groups and free seized buildings would apply to all regions of Ukraine without exception.
“The measures we have stated concern all regions of Ukraine without exception and all problematic questions without exception,” he said.
He said that decisions on Ukraine must be acceptable for all Ukrainians. “Decisions must be mutually acceptable for all Ukrainians as this is a guarantee of stability of the Ukrainian state with due regard for the linguistic peculiarities of different regions of the country,” he said.
The minister said Russia would support the work of the OSCE Monitoring Mission in Ukraine in order to foster dialogue between all sides involved in the conflict.
“We urge the special monitoring mission of the OSCE to play a leading role, in accordance with its mandate, in assisting Ukrainians and the Kiev authorities in carrying out measures to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine. We will support the work of this mission to foster dialogue between the sides in order to unblock the situation step by step,” Lavrov said.
“We have agreed to meet in different formats,” he added.
A four-party meeting on Ukraine with Russia, the United States and the European Union was held in Geneva on April 17.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the parliament-appointed Ukrainian acting Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia took part in the meeting.
[itar-tass.com]
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“It calls for an immediate commencement of a broad national dialogue which must be inclusive, transparent and accountable,” he said.
Lavrov stressed that measures to disarm illegal armed groups and free seized buildings would apply to all regions of Ukraine without exception.
“The measures we have stated concern all regions of Ukraine without exception and all problematic questions without exception,” he said.
He said that decisions on Ukraine must be acceptable for all Ukrainians. “Decisions must be mutually acceptable for all Ukrainians as this is a guarantee of stability of the Ukrainian state with due regard for the linguistic peculiarities of different regions of the country,” he said.
The minister said Russia would support the work of the OSCE Monitoring Mission in Ukraine in order to foster dialogue between all sides involved in the conflict.
“We urge the special monitoring mission of the OSCE to play a leading role, in accordance with its mandate, in assisting Ukrainians and the Kiev authorities in carrying out measures to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine. We will support the work of this mission to foster dialogue between the sides in order to unblock the situation step by step,” Lavrov said.
“We have agreed to meet in different formats,” he added.
A four-party meeting on Ukraine with Russia, the United States and the European Union was held in Geneva on April 17.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State John Kerry, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the parliament-appointed Ukrainian acting Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia took part in the meeting.
[itar-tass.com]
17/4/14
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Lavrov: Ukrainian servicemen mobilized by illegal order to suppress protests...
ReplyDeleteGENEVA, April 17 /ITAR-TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after a four-party meeting on Ukraine on Thursday the Ukrainian servicemen had been mobilized into the army by an illegitimate decree to crack down on mass protests.
“As for our servicemen, they are staying in their territory. Your army which is carrying out mobilization is also doing it in its territory. The only difference is that our troops do not fight against their own people while yours have been, in fact, been mobilized by an illegal order to crack down on mass protests,” Lavrov told a Ukrainian journalist who had asked the minister about alleged concentration of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine.
“As for Crimea, it no longer has any bearing on this matter. The people of Crimea made their choice and we recognized it. We are not building up our armed forces there. We have a base (in Crimea) where servicemen and sailors do their regular service. Their strength does not exceed the numbers required to ensure the base’s normal functioning,” Lavrov said.
He explained that reports on increasing troop numbers could be linked to the fact that most servicemen of the Ukrainian Black Sea fleet chose to acquire Russian citizenship.
“I assure you: there are no and will not be any extra troops in Crimea or in the territory of any other region in Russia if that contradicts its international commitments,” Lavrov said.
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« Je ne pense pas qu’on puisse être sûr de quoi que ce soit à ce stade. La possibilité existe que la diplomatie puisse conduire à une désescalade de la situation », a-t-il déclaré depuis la Maison Blanche.
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