Russia calls for OSCE-mediated dialogue in Ukraine
MOSCOW May 9 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov called in a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of
State John Kerry on Friday for urgent dialogue, mediated by the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, between
Kyiv and south-eastern regions of Ukraine.
Lavrov also called for Washington to help end Ukrainian
military operations in the south-east of the country.
“Sergei Lavrov expressed the hope that… Washington will
closely work with Kyiv to bring about an end to military actions
in the south-east, the freeing of political prisoners and an
amnesty for protesters,” the ministry in a statement.
(Reporting by Katya Golubkova, editing by Nigel Stephenson)