Kerry Lavrov meeting on Ukraine crisis fund

"There are some positive signs, at present, in the desire to reach an agreement between Russians and Ukrainians"

Sensitive meeting this morning in Basel between the heads of Russian diplomacy on Ukraine crisis etaméricaine background. Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry must maintain the margins of the annual ministerial conference of the OSCE, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, held in Switzerland. A meeting held two days after a meeting of NATO during which Member States have been particularly critical of Moscow, accused of supporting the rebels.

"There are some positive signs, at present, in the desire to reach an agreement between Russians and Ukrainians. There are also positive signs in the fact that we continue the efforts to achieve the exchange of prisoners. There are negative elements, such as continued violations of the cease-fire. That is why we must continue to work, "said the President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter, President of the OSCE for the year 2014.

Hope to Luhansk: the Ukrainian army and separatists have agreed in principle to a new cease-fire tomorrow. Since the beginning of the separatist rebellion in April, more than 4,300 people were killed in eastern Ukraine.