Poland’s Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna called on Monday for the US involvement in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

“Because involving the United States and the European Union, that’s what my intuition tells me, that would be a good move,” Schetyna said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

The negotiations in the Belarussian capital of Minsk, which led to a ceasefire that has been at best patchily implemented, have involved Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France.

This format has exhausted its potential, Schetyna said, and a more effective one should be sought.

Last year, the negotiations with the participation of the US and the EU led to a declaration that was supposed to ease tensions, but failed to deliver the hoped for results. (an)

Source: PAP