Seizure of Justice Ministry by protesters may affect anti-crisis talks – foreign minister

12:25, 27.01.2014 1 min read

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara has informed the foreign ministers of Germany, Sweden and Poland about the seizure of the building of the Ukrainian Justice Ministry by protesters in Kyiv and said that it could complicate the situation in the country, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's information policy department has reported.

Kozhara discussed this issue during phone conversations with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt and Polish Foreign Minister Poland Radoslaw Sikorski on Monday.

"During phone conversations Leonid Kozhara informed his colleagues about the latest events in Ukraine, in particular, about the seizure by radical forces of the building of the Ukrainian Justice Ministry, which could have a negative effect on the future holding of anti-crisis negotiations and cause the complication of the general political situation in the country," reads the statement.