FCO statement on latest tensions in Eastern Ukraine
14 Apr 2014 12:34 PM
FCO concerned at further escalation of tensions
in Eastern Ukraine.
Reacting to developments in Eastern Ukraine in the past
48 hours, a Foreign Office spokesperson said:
The
latest occupations by armed groups of government buildings in towns in eastern
Ukraine are a further dangerous escalation of an already dangerous
situation.
Assumptions that Russia is complicit are inevitable as
long as Moscow does not publicly distance itself from these latest lawless
actions. Russia must desist from steps which destabilise Ukraine and undermine
the possibility of Contact Group talks.
European Foreign Ministers will meet on Monday to
discuss how to respond to the latest events