Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Alexander Turchinov, who received temporary presidential powers on Sunday, declared determination to cooperate with Russia in a TV message to the Ukrainian people.
He pointed out that relations with Russia should be based on equality and good-neighbourliness, on recognizing and respecting Ukraine’s European option.
Turchinov said that the Ukrainian government’s main targets are economic recovery and focus on European integration.
He added that the new Ukrainian government is to stop the country from falling down a precipice and stabilize the currency exchange rate.
Turchinov also urged to stop the confrontation in the country and stand up to any signs of separatism or violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Lavrov talking to Kerry stresses need of observance of agreement on political settlement in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry had a telephone conversation on Sunday at the initiative of the US side.
The Russian Foreign Ministry reports that the ministers continued to discuss the situation in Ukraine in line with an understanding between the presidents of the two countries who spoke on the phone two days ago.
"On our part it was stressed that the main thing now is to guarantee full implementation of the February 21 agreement on a political settlement from which the Ukrainian opposition that actually seized power in Kyiv refrains refusing to lay down arms and continuing to stake on violence," the statement says.
In this context Lavrov drew attention to the fact that the document was signed by representatives of several Western countries and the United States officially welcomed its signing.
The issue of the Syrian crisis was also discussed, the Foreign Ministry report says.
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