Germany tries to mediate between Kiev and Moscow

The head of the German Foreign Minister Walter Steinmeier visited Moscow Tuesday where he met his Russian counterpart in an effort to find a mediation at the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine.

For the time Frank Walter Steinmeier sees no reason to be optimistic and called for dialogue.

"25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall (Berlin), we are threatened by the lack of dialogue, the division instead of the exchange, confrontation instead of cooperation," he has said during the conference joint press Sergei Lavrov.

While NATO accuses the Kremlin to strengthen its military presence in eastern Ukraine, the head of Russian diplomacy Kiev denies and calls to negotiate with the separatists.

"Now the most important goal is the continuation of a permanent dialogue between Kiev and Donetsk on one side and the other Luhansk" the Russian diplomat said during the press conference. "This is even more important in the context of elections that took place in Ukraine and in this part of Ukraine controlled by representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk."

For its part, Ukraine rejects direct talks with rebels Kiev describes as "terrorists."

"Ukraine suggests a negotiating format Génève kind where, apart from the Ukraine and Russia, the European Union and the United States participate as" believes our correspondent Angelina Kariakina.

Ukrainian Prime Minister delivered his analysis to the head of German diplomacy during his stage in Kiev. Arseniy for Iatseniuk to solve the crisis, "it all depends on the first order of Russian President" Vladimir Putin.