17:20 27.10.2016

Yatsenyuk at meeting with Biden: U.S. should join peace talks on Donbas

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Yatsenyuk at meeting with Biden: U.S. should join peace talks on Donbas

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine, leader of the People's Front Party Arseniy Yatsenyuk has discussed the situation in the east of Ukraine and progress of peace talks on the region during his meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.

"The United States should take part in the negotiation process on the settlement of [the crisis in] eastern Ukraine [I've] voiced this position at a meeting with U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden," Yatsenyuk said on Facebook on Thursday.

He also said he had not changed his position on the crisis.

"There are key conditions for further debate on the political settlement - this is security. Russia must leave the Ukrainian territory. Nothing has changed here. Firstly, [it is] the ceasefire. It has not happened. Secondly, [it is] the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons. Thirdly, [it is] retaking control over the Ukrainian border," he wrote.

These are three key positions that are part of the Minsk agreements, he wrote, Russia must be pressed to fulfill them.

"The U.S. side supports the position that the first and main stage is security. We cannot continue with political issues without solving the problem of security," he said.

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