Kiev ready to negotiate with Moscow in any format - Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
8 April 2014, 15:19 -- Ukraine is prepared for consultations with Russia about the crisis settlement, in particular, with the attendance of international mediators. 'Ukraine is ready for consultations with the Russian side both in the bilateral format and with the attendance of international mediators from the European Union and the United States,' Ukrainian Foreign Ministry information policy department director Yevhen Perebiynis told Interfax on Tuesday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed on Monday the possibility of the soonest launch of negotiations between the United States, Russia, the European Union and Ukraine about a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian crisis.
Lavrov said on Tuesday Russia was ready to negotiate but noted it was first necessary 'to understand the format of that event and its agenda.'
The Russian foreign minister called for the engagement of representatives of southeastern Ukraine in the negotiations and said a draft new constitution of Ukraine should be presented before the consultations.
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