London, March 7- The UK has said it would explore every diplomatic opportunity to de-escalate crisis in Ukraine.
Soon after meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry and interim Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya in Paris, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said, “We are trying to use every diplomatic opportunity to bring Russia and Ukraine into direct contact with each other at a senior level to make sure that the governments of Russia and Ukraine are talking to each other.”
Hague called for the establishment of a “contact group” to facilitate talks over the Ukraine stalemate.
“We will at all times keep our channels of communication to Russia open,” he said, IANS adds.
Hague also underlined the importance for the European Council to “demonstrate that there are costs and consequences to Russia”, warning that the “consequences” may happen both in the short term and in the long term.
-Indiatoday
