France proposes secret talks on Ukraine, excluding Kiev

Says Slovakian authorities “will be happy to provide their own country as a platform for negotiations".

Paris has proposed helping Moscow establish dialogue on the conflict without Kiev’s participation, the Russian foreign minister has said France has repeatedly offered to help establish secret talks on the Ukraine conflict without Kiev’s direct participation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking to journalists at an end-of-year press conference on Thursday, Lavrov stated […]