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Russia Will Act Solidly to De-Escalate Ukraine Crisis – Lavrov

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Russia will act solidly to de-escalate the Ukrainian conflict on the basis of the agreement reached last week in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.

MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will act solidly to de-escalate the Ukrainian conflict on the basis of the agreement reached last week in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.

“Today, [Ukraine] is experiencing a deep crisis, Russia will act solidly in the de-escalation of the conflict on the basis of the compromised approach agreed upon in Geneva,” Lavrov said at a CIS Youth Diplomats Forum.

Lavrov said that there could be no unilateral demands which “they are trying to present us.”

“First of all, I mean the United States of America, they have a mind-blowing ability of turning everything upside down,” the foreign minister added.

Top diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the European Union approved a statement on April 17 in Geneva calling on the sides in Ukraine to refrain from violence, extremism and provocations, disarm militants and launch a national dialogue on constitutional reform.

Lavrov earlier said that Kiev must strictly follow its pledges under the recent Geneva deal in order to ensure progress toward national reconciliation in crisis-hit Ukraine.

In violation of the Geneva deal, Ukrainian authorities launched a special operation to crack down on pro-federalization activists in eastern regions of the country that have been swept by rallies since last month.

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Thursday the chance of settling the ongoing crisis in Ukraine under the Geneva deal reached last week still exists, adding that there is no other sound way out.

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