6 Jun 2014 21:15

Putin welcomes Poroshenko's words on need to stop bloodshed in eastern Ukraine

DEAUVILLE. June 6 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he welcomes Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko's position on the need to immediately stop the hostilities in the eastern part of Ukraine.

"I cannot but welcome Mr. Poroshenko's position as to the need to immediately stop bloodshed in eastern Ukraine," Putin told journalists in Deauville when asked to comment on outcomes of this conversation with Poroshenko on Friday.

"He has his plan on this account, but it's better to ask him, not me, what plan this is. He said in a nutshell about this, but it's one thing to say about this here, in France, and another to say it in his own country," Putin said.