ALJAZEERA: Secretary of State John Kerry made a last-minute change of plans on Saturday to fly to Paris with the aim of setting up talks with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after Lavrov told Russian state television there were no plans to invade Ukraine.
Lavrov said on Saturday that Russia had no intention of ordering its armed forces to cross over the Ukrainian border, and insisted that the divisions between Moscow and the West were narrowing.
Recent contacts had shown the outlines of a “possible joint initiative which could be presented to our Ukrainian colleagues,” Lavrov told Russian state television.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called U.S. President Barack Obama to say he was interested in discussing a U.S. proposal on the table to resolve the standoff over Ukraine… (more)
