"Now we need to discuss exactly how we can help," said Didier Burkhalter, expressing satisfaction that he and Putin were able to arrange a meeting quickly. "Our direct contact and dialogue is very important," said the Chairman of the OSCE. The meeting of the two presidents, closing Putin’s official visit to Austria, lasted 50 minutes instead of the scheduled half an hour
OSCE Chairperson-in-office Didier Burkhalter considers it necessary to find at least a part of solutions on the situation in Ukraine in the next several days, repors RIA Novosti.
"Right now we are in a very delicate phase and it is necessary that in the next few days for us to find at least some of the solutions, and I hope that all parties will make a contribution to it," said Burkhalter at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In return, the President of the Russian Federation noted that the OSCE has been making a great effort to change the situation in Ukraine for the better. "Due to our mutual efforts we managed to establish first contacts between the East and the government of Ukraine in Kiev. However, it is not enough. I was very pleased to meet you and talk on a whole range of problems," said Putin.
A group of negotiators with the participation of OSCE Representative Heidi Tagliavini will travel on Wednesday to the east of Ukraine for talks on further steps after the end of the truce, which will end on Friday, has also told the OSCE Chairperson-in-office, Swiss President and Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter. after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vienna.
OSCE chairperson-in-office supported Ukrainian president's peace plan
Previously, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Didier Burkhalter and Swiss President had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko on Saturday, June 21. "Didier Burkhalter expressed support for the peace initiatives of the president of Ukraine to settle the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, specifically for the decision to cease fire for further implementation of the peace plan announced by Ukraine," the presidential press service said.
Burkhalter also invited Poroshenko to attend an OSCE conference in Vienna on June 24. "The president of Ukraine instructed Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin to take part in the conference," the presidential press service said.
Poroshenko "noted the need for effective monitoring of the ceasefire" and suggested that inspectors from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission be present at "each of more than 100 roadblocks", reports ITAR-TASS.
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