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Latvia calls for an extraordinary meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine

BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- Lativa which holds the current EU Presidency has called for urgently convening an extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss the deteriorating situation in Eastern Ukraine.
In a statement, Lativa condemned the new escalation of violence in the east of Ukraine.
"It becomes increasingly obvious that pro-Moscow terrorist groups with their attacks in Mariupol and elsewhere in eastern Ukraine, by targeting civilians in an inhumane and cynical manner, also demonstrate beyond a doubt that Russia is not interested in a peaceful resolution of the conflict," it noted.
"Peace initiatives proposed by Russia and involvement in multilateral negotiations have possibly been only simulation and mask for real action," it added. (end) nk.tg