6 Mar 2014 18:01

Lavrov, Kerry resume Ukraine talks

ROME. March 6 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed "the situation in Ukraine" at a bilateral meeting in Rome on Thursday, a source in Lavrov's delegation told reporters.

Lavrov and Kerry had also held talks on the Ukraine issue in Paris on Wednesday. "We agreed that all Ukrainians should be helped to implement the agreement that was reached on February 21," the Russian minister said after them.

He said Kerry concurred that "in an environment of threats and ultimatums it is very difficult to seek an honest agreement that would then help the Ukrainian people stabilize the situation."