Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts

Ukraine, Iran and Yemen at the heart of discussions between foreign ministers of the G7


The tensions caused by the , hope for an agreement on the and the conflict between Houthi loyalists and are at the heart of discussions between the Foreign Ministers of the G7 that began yesterday in Lübeck in Northern Germany. Many sensitive issues that the heads of Japanese diplomacy, French, German, British and Italian Canadian, should prepare for the "summit of 7 and 8 juin“http://ift.tt/1aukMkp. American John Kerry will not happen, he is today.


"We are faced with countless armed conflicts, States failed, terrorist threats and human suffering. We must join governments use all our tools for political and diplomatic cooperation, to end these conflicts, work for a more peaceful world, "pleaded the host of the meeting, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier .


And like every G7 meeting, a demonstration against the summit was organized from yesterday in Lübeck. The parade began peacefully. Some scuffles broke out during the dispersal of the procession, predominantly composed of far-left activists. Several people were arrested.






Hope of a true cessation of hostilities, finally, Ukraine


The crisis in Ukraine is still the number one topic of discussion at the annual conference of the OSCE in Basel, Switzerland. An agreement for a cease-fire on December 9 was found but everyone now hopes that the same shall be put into effect.


And the OSCE, in fact, have a role to play:

"The role of the special mission of the OSCE will be more important, says Sergey Lavrov, head of Russian diplomacy. It will have to observe the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line and check if generally the cease-fire between Kiev security forces and the militia is respected. "


Ukrainian side, the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs remained very evasive.


Pavlo Klimkin:

"We are now in a situation where we have to find a real impetus for the OSCE to become truly political, and be able to act for European security and peace efforts throughout the European continent."


The Ukrainian military announced Friday that six soldiers were killed and thirteen wounded in the fighting against separatists in the east of the country over the past 24 hours.