Ukraine

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 12:46 pm on 4 March 2014.

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Photo of William Hague William Hague The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 12:46, 4 March 2014

We are working on two things in the OSCE, and I mentioned that urgent consultations are taking place in Vienna. One is the deployment of monitors to try to avoid the flashpoint we have been talking about. So far, Russia is refusing to accept such monitors in Crimea, but perhaps we can do more in other parts of Ukraine. We are also working on the creation of a contact group to try to open a new diplomatic channel and a forum for Russia and Ukraine to discuss things together. So far, Russia has not accepted that idea either, but we are continuing to pursue both ideas.