MOSCOW – Moscow and Kiev have both said they do not expect much to come of talks to be held in Berlin on Monday about the ongoing civil conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian representative, Mr Alexei Makeyev, said he did not rule out the possibility of new problems arising during the talks.
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Makeyev added that peace accords agreed in the Belarusian capital Minsk had been interpreted differently by each side.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigory Karasin said there were many points of contention between the parties.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
` Moscow is prepared to hold a constructive dialogue and had sent the diplomat Viktor Sorokin to the German capital as its representative,’’ Karasin said.
Representatives from France and Germany were also expected to attend the negotiations, he added.
Meanwhile, in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian Donbass region, government forces and pro-Russian insurgents accused each other of violating the ceasefire.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
During the night, a device exploded outside an office building in the Black Sea port of Odessa, causing damage to property but no injuries.
A spokesman for local security forces said “terrorists” were trying to destabili[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]
se the region. (dpa/NAN)
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