German FM supports national dialogue in Ukraine

Germany welcomes efforts of the Ukrainian authorities to launch a national dialogue, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.

"We support your efforts and our approach towards the arrangement of a dialogue in Ukraine both on the national and regional levels. Hopefully, these circumstances will enable further steps towards liberating the occupied buildings, gradually disarming the illegal armed units and groups, and freeing everyone," the minister told a press briefing he held together with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on Tuesday.