04.09 Lavrov: Moscow Hopes Ukraine Conflict Sides Use Putin's Plan During Contact Group Meeting

MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) –Moscow hopes that during the contact group meeting on Ukraine that the opposing sides will use Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan on solving the crisis in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

“We have been trying to contribute our efforts in launching a Ukrainian dialogue between Kiev and the southeast, and yesterday’s suggestion that President Putin voiced to President Poroshenko during a telephone call is on the negotiation table and we hope that the opposing sides in Ukraine will use these ideas and try to agree during the upcoming contact group meeting,” Lavrov said during talks with Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe President Ilkka Kanerva.