08.11 Lavrov: Russia Urges Not to Go Back to Use of Force in Ukrainian Crisis Settlement

BEIJING, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia urges not to foster the popular in Kiev ideas of going back to the use or force as a method of resolution of the Ukrainian Crisis, promises to contribute to political settlement of the situation in its contacts with both sides, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday

"What's most important is not to foster the ideas now spread in Kiev of the need to gain strength and go back to the use of force as a crisis settlement method, but to talk the hotheads off such thoughts and make sure that the commitments made by the Kiev's forces, namely on the course of political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, were fulfilled," Sergei Lavrov told journalists following his meeting with the US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Beijing. "We, on our part, will use all efforts to ensure it happens this way, in our contacts both with independence supporters and Kiev authorities," Lavrov added.