28 Feb 2014 17:32

Ukraine violence inquiry must be joint with govt, opposition, CoE- Yanukovych

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Feb 28 (Interfax) - Viktor Yanukovych has called for the acts of violence in Ukraine to be investigated under the joint monitoring of the authorities, the opposition and the Council of Europe (CoE).

"Of course, it is very important to conduct impartial investigations into the acts of violence under the joint monitoring of the authorities, the opposition and the Council of Europe," Yanukovych told a press conference in Rostov-on-Don.

Those holding guns illegally must give them up to police immediately, the occupied administrative and public buildings must be vacated, and all the streets, parks and squares unblocked, he also said.