Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry have started negotiations on the situation in Ukraine in the residence of the U.S. ambassador in London on Friday.
The meeting of Lavrov and Kerry is held ahead of the referendum in
Crimea, which has two questions – joining Russia and expanding the
powers of autonomy.
The G7 leaders said they urged Russia not to support holding the
referendum on the status of Crimea and they would not recognize the
results of the referendum in any case.
Kerry said on March 13 that he would meet with Lavrov upon the order
of U.S. President Barack Obama in order to deescalate the situation in
Ukraine.
Kerry has given Lavrov a document containing proposals on resolving
the situation in Ukraine. Moscow did not accept it. According to Lavrov,
the United States allegedly assumes a conflict is existing between
Moscow and Kyiv and proposes accepting the current situation in Ukraine
with the changes of authorities as a done deal.
