Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt says he welcomes the announcement in Kyiv of talks to resolve the political crisis, yet, he says, it will be possible if there is no regime repression.

"I welcome announcement in Kyiv of talks to resolve the political crisis. But solution is only possible if there is no regime repression," he wrote in Twitter when commenting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's statement on his readiness to negotiate ways out of the political crisis.