Washington hopes that the dialogue between the Ukrainian authorities and opposition will help end the crisis in Ukraine, deputy spokesperson of U.S. Department of State Marie Harf said on Friday.
“We were encouraged by reports that President Yanukovych is meeting with the three main opposition leaders. We do fully support substantive discussions and we have said that we urge the government of Ukraine to seize the opportunity that these talks represent, and to move quickly to take the first steps towards national reconciliation,” she said at a briefing in Washington.
She also said that the United States supports continuation of negotiations in Ukraine at the political level.
“We call on both the protesters and the government forces in Ukraine to refrain from using violence,” she added.
