Putin calls for Ukraine truce extension: Kremlin

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Putin calls for Ukraine truce extension: Kremlin

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(UPDATED) This comes before a deadline for the current truce runs out, with no end to weeks of fighting in sight

MOSCOW, Russia (UPDATED) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, June 30, called for Ukraine’s truce to be extended and for new talks between Kiev and separatists, the Kremlin said after telephone talks with EU leaders.

“Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of extending a ceasefire as well as creating a reliable mechanism to control the observance of the truce with an active role of the OSCE,” the Kremlin said in a statement after Putin’s talks with France’s Francois Hollande, Germany’s Angela Merkel, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

“The leaders spoke out in favor of organizing a 3rd round of consultations between representatives of Kiev and southeastern regions,” the statement said.

Putin and Poroshenko agreed to work on “the adoption of an agreement on a bilateral ceasefire between Ukrainian authorities and separatists,” the French presidency earlier said, before a deadline for the current truce runs out later Monday with no end to weeks of fighting in sight. – Rappler.com

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