Russia's, West's approaches toward settling Ukraine crisis converging - Lavrov
MOSCOW. March 29 (Interfax) - Interaction between Moscow, Western countries and Kyiv to settle the crisis in Ukraine is becoming more tangible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"Anyway, we are bringing our approaches closer together. My last meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in The Hague and my contacts with Germany, France and some other countries show that a possible joint initiative that could be offered to our Ukrainian partners is taking shape," Lavrov said in an interview shown in an analytical program hosted by Sergei Brilyov on Rossiya-1 TV channel on Saturday.
"This is a very important detail, because our partners have so far proposed setting up some contact group in which Russia and those who have seized power in Kyiv would negotiate under their supervision. This would be an absolutely unacceptable format, and we are not talking about this," he said.