Ukraine wants to negotiate with Russia, with Poland at the table

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the country’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said they want to continue negotiating peace with Russia. The president would also like Poland, Germany and France to be involved in the talks, Poroshenko’s press service said in a statement after Ukraine’s leader met with German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Poroshenko and Steinmeier discussed “various multilateral formats of the talks, which are to bring ceasefire, withdrawal of troops and heavy machinery as well as the release of hostages.” “In particular, in addition to the Geneva and Normandy formats, there was a proposal to organize ‘Weimar format’ with the participation of Germany, Poland and France,” the president’s press service said.