Ukraine desperately needs a Marshall plan and not martial law in order to stabilize the political and economic situation in the country, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of the party of jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, told reporters in Munich on Friday. The opposition delegation met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President Joachim Gauck and the European Unions foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday. Former boxer turned politician Vladimir Klitschko will join the group for talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday during the 50th edition of the Munich Security Conference, a gathering famous as a venue for diplomatic and political negotiations. Kerry said earlier in the day in Berlin that offers from Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to end the countrys political crisis had not yet reached an adequate level of reform. The country was thrown into turmoil in November when Yanukovych spurned an economic deal with the EU in favor of strengthening ties with Russia. Protests have grown increasingly violent of late. At least six people have been killed and hundreds injured. A day after going on sick leave Yanukovych repealed a controversial anti-protest law and granted amnesty for demonstrators detained during mass rallies.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:49:46 +0000
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