Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Fabius contacts authorities in Kiev, Moscow on Ukraine crisis


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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has been in contact separately on Friday with the new interim government in Kiev and with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss the rising tensions Ukraine



Fabius expressed continued hopes that the parties would work towards unity and respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which could split along pro-European and pro-Russian lines after the recent violence, his office said in a statement



"He called on all the parties to adopt an attitude of moderation" and he reminded pro-European interim authorities that "the stability of Ukraine must also come about by taking account of the diversity of the country, including in linguistic terms," according to the statement

The East and South of Ukraine is predominantly Russian-speaking an anchored in Russian culture.

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

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