�No consensus� over polls in rebel east Ukraine: Lavrov

AFP, MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that “no consensus” has been reached over the timing of polls in rebel-held east Ukraine, after France and Germany pushed for elections to be held by the end of July.
The top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany met in Paris Thursday but failed to make a breakthrough on a stalled peace plan for east Ukraine thrashed out in the Belarussian capital Minsk a year ago.
Lavrov said that Germany and France had pushed for the meeting to call on all sides in the conflict to hold elections by the end of July, but that Kiev had opposed the demand.
“We were ready to support it but the Ukrainian side requested that it not be insisted upon.
As a result, no consensus was reached,” Lavrov said in comments posted on the foreign ministry website on Friday.

 

�No consensus� over polls in rebel east Ukraine: Lavrov

AFP, MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that no consensus has been reached over the timing of polls in rebel-held east Ukraine, after France and Germany pushed for elections to be held by the end of July. The top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany met in Paris Thursday but failed to make a breakthrough on a stalled peace plan for east Ukraine thrashed out in the Belarussian capital Minsk a year ago. Lavrov said that Germany and France had pushed for the meeting to call on all sides in the conflict to hold elections by the end of July, but that Kiev had opposed the demand. We were ready to support it but the Ukrainian side requested that it not be insisted upon. As a result, no consensus was reached, Lavrov said in comments posted on the foreign ministry website on Friday.