7 May 2014 18:31

OSCE head urges all sides to demand end to violence in Ukraine

MOSCOW. May 7 (Interfax) - OSCE Chairman-in-Office Didier Burkhalter has invited parties to the April 17 Geneva statement to speak out for stopping violence in Ukraine and denouncing all attempts of intimidation and provocation.

As for the termination of violence and a ceasefire, it is vital that at the very highest priority, and, people in whom political responsibility is vested should speak of their rejection of violence, of the need to stop violence, of the need to stop intimidation and provocations, he said at a Wednesday meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.