Ukraine talks in Belarus: 'Don't expect miracles'

2014/7/31 1:58:30

At this point, nobody's talking about a serious political settlement. I think at this point we're very much talking about baby steps, in terms of access in and around the crash site, but as everyone knows, that's proving very difficult. Don't expect any magic solutions.

 


From Deutsche Welle 30 July 2014

 

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked Lukashenko, once described by Washington as "Europe's last dictator," to host the talks, with access to the MH17 crash site deemed of paramount importance after observers were hampered in their latest mission. The talks were expected to involve Russia's ambassador to Kyiv, Mikhail Zurabov and former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. It remains unclear if pro-Russian separatist fighters would attend. Andrew Weiss, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington, spoke to DW about what scope the talks might have.

 

How might Alexander Lukashenko improve the situation and bring anything new to the talks between the separatists and Kyiv?

 

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http://www.dw.de/ukraine-talks-in-bel ... xpect-miracles/a-17823057

 

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