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31 Mar 2014
Russia seeks diplomatic solutions to Ukrainian crisis
FXStreet (Bali) - Russia approached the US over the weekend, in an attempt to cool down the territorial dispute in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin called Barack Obama over the weekend, with further talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, due this week, according to Russian State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
As Bloomberg notes: "In an hour-long telephone conversation initiated by Putin, Obama asked for a written response from the Russian leader to a plan that Kerry presented to Lavrov in The Hague earlier this week, according to a statement from the White House."
According to Lavrov, quoted by international newswires: "Moscow has no intention of crossing Ukraine’s borders", although he added that " Russia will protect the rights of Russian speakers in Ukraine."
Vladimir Putin called Barack Obama over the weekend, with further talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, due this week, according to Russian State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
As Bloomberg notes: "In an hour-long telephone conversation initiated by Putin, Obama asked for a written response from the Russian leader to a plan that Kerry presented to Lavrov in The Hague earlier this week, according to a statement from the White House."
According to Lavrov, quoted by international newswires: "Moscow has no intention of crossing Ukraine’s borders", although he added that " Russia will protect the rights of Russian speakers in Ukraine."