Prime Minister Mr Cameron D. and head of the European Council Herman van Rompuy told About the need for the provision of EU pressure on the Russian Federation in connection with the situation in Ukraine, reads the statement, published on the Internet representation of the British government.

The conversation between Cameron and Rompuy took place at the beginning of the EU summit, which is scheduled for August 30. In the framework of this event, As expected, Herman van Rompuy will hold a private meeting with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, where the parties will discuss in detail the situation and the position of the European Union.

" the situation in Ukraine, both leaders agreed that the EU must continue to exert pressure on the President in order to achieve de-escalate the situation, " the statement reads.

As stated in the document, the Ukrainian crisis in the context of the upcoming EU summit, British Prime Minister also agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Cameron and Merkel agreed that a military solution (Ukrainian edition of fall, can't be ", and the Russian leadership, for its part, must start a good dialogue aimed at finding a political solution to the conflict - as amended) ".


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About How developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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