German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday the standoff over Ukraine could be solved but only if control was tightened over the Ukraine-Russia border across which, the West alleges, Russia has been funnelling arms to help a separatist rebellion.
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Reuters: Merkel says tightening Ukraine-Russian border is key to peace deal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (R) welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they meet in Kiev on August 23, 2014. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Kiev on August 23 for crisis talks with Ukraine's pro-Western leaders, as a controversial aid convoy from Moscow began crossing back from the war-torn east of the country to Russia.
