MOSCOW. — Moscow plans to take part in this week’s four-party negotiations on the situation in Ukraine, but holding the talks will depend on the actions of the new Kiev authorities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday.
The talks, scheduled for Thursday, are to be attended by top officials from the US, EU, Russia and Ukraine and are part of the diplomatic effort to resolve the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, where protests have recently intensified in the country’s eastern regions.
“Russia is prepared for international cooperation to stabilise the situation in Ukraine, including at the possible four-party talks in Geneva,” the statement said, adding that holding the talks depends on the decisions that Kiev is now taking “under the auspices of Washington.” — RIA Novosti.