PUTIN UNDER PRESSURE TO COMMIT TO FRAGILE PEACE PLAN FOR EASTERN UKRAINE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 17, 2014, 18:50

Putin ordered more than 17,000 Russian troops to pull back from positions near the border at the weekend. Photograph: Alexey Nikolsky/Ria Novosti/EPA

Russia must act to fully comply with the peace plan for eastern Ukraine and EU sanctions will remain in place until he does, David Cameron has said after a meeting with Vladimir Putin and other EU leaders in Milan.

In an encounter that had been considered a chance for Moscow to pursue dialogue with Kiev and major EU powers, the Russian president attended a breakfast with Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, alongside the leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy and top EU officials.

“It was a positive meeting because it was with both the president of Russia and the president of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin said very clearly that he doesn’t want a frozen conflict; he doesn’t want a divided Ukraine,” Cameron told reporters.

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