The Munich Conference at the bedside of Ukraine

"We will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine, not to encourage war, but to enable the country to defend itself"

Find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine. It is the stated objective this Saturday at the Security Conference in Munich. The embrace between Joe Biden and Petro Poroshenko will remain a strong images of the summit, the intact support symbol of the United States in Kiev. US Vice President did not explicitly mentioned, however, possible arms deliveries to the Ukrainian forces.

"We will continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine, not to encourage war, but to enable the country to defend itself. To be clear, we do not believe that there is no military solution in Ukraine, he insisted. President Putin has a simple choice: leave Ukraine or face prolonged isolation and growing economic problems. ''

The implementation of the Minsk Agreement is the only way to resolve the conflict, has in turn insisted the President of Ukraine. Petro Poroshenko reminded the lines of the peace plan, starting with the establishment of a cease-fire. "We need a political dialogue, border closure, the withdrawal of all foreign troops and the immediate release of the hostages, among others. ''

Initiated by France and Germany, the peace talks were continuing this weekend. François Hollande felt this morning from his stronghold of Tulle that failure would be serious consequences. "If we fail to find, not a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, well, we know perfectly the script, it has a name, it is called the war," said the French president.

After visiting Kiev and Moscow, Merkel, Hollande meet this Sunday by telephone and Russian presidents ukranien with the hope of reaching finally an agreement.