6 May 2014
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Sergei Lavrov added there was no point as an April accord between the US, EU and Russia had not been implemented.
He spoke after a Council of Europe meeting which was expected to support Ukraine's plans for a 25 May election.
But Mr Lavrov called an election "unusual" at a time when the army was being used against the population.
OSCE Chairman Didier Burkhalter said there should be a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of the poll - as holding it was very difficult in the current situation, the AFP news agency reports.
In other developments in Ukraine:
Ukraine crisis: Russia rules out new Geneva talks
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov: "I don't think [another meeting] would have any added value - we would just go round in circles"
Russia's
foreign minister has ruled out holding fresh talks in Geneva to defuse
the Ukraine crisis, unless pro-Russian opposition groups are involved.
He spoke after a Council of Europe meeting which was expected to support Ukraine's plans for a 25 May election.
But Mr Lavrov called an election "unusual" at a time when the army was being used against the population.
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Russia's goals in this crisis have not changed. Moscow insists
that it is simply acting to protect fellow Russian speakers. But
Western leaders believe that it is intent upon wrecking any chance of
holding truly national presidential elections in Ukraine later this
month. Its longer-term aim is to undermine and weaken the government in
Kiev.
However, on the ground, the balance of advantage may be subtly changing. While many buildings and road blocks remain in separatist hands, the Kiev government's ability to mount a reasonably effective security operation has raised the stakes for Moscow.
Russia hoped that by massing troops on Ukraine's frontier while seeking to infiltrate and undermine Kiev's authority from within, it could achieve a looser, more decentralised Ukraine. For a while, this seemed to be working. Kiev's authority was cowed and the willingness of its troops to fight was questionable.
That seems to have changed; Kiev is in effect calling Moscow's military bluff, bringing closer the moment when Russian President Vladimir Putin must decide whether or not to use overt military force.
Analysis
However, on the ground, the balance of advantage may be subtly changing. While many buildings and road blocks remain in separatist hands, the Kiev government's ability to mount a reasonably effective security operation has raised the stakes for Moscow.
Russia hoped that by massing troops on Ukraine's frontier while seeking to infiltrate and undermine Kiev's authority from within, it could achieve a looser, more decentralised Ukraine. For a while, this seemed to be working. Kiev's authority was cowed and the willingness of its troops to fight was questionable.
That seems to have changed; Kiev is in effect calling Moscow's military bluff, bringing closer the moment when Russian President Vladimir Putin must decide whether or not to use overt military force.
Ukraine was ready to back a new
round of talks in Geneva, acting Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia
said, as long as Moscow supported presidential elections.
He later appealed for international observers to be sent to Ukraine to monitor the May election. OSCE Chairman Didier Burkhalter said there should be a ceasefire in Ukraine ahead of the poll - as holding it was very difficult in the current situation, the AFP news agency reports.
In other developments in Ukraine:
- Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Tuesday that four soldiers and an estimated 30 separatists had been killed in an "anti-terrorism operation" in the eastern town of Sloviansk, where in recent days security forces launched a crackdown on pro-Russian separatists, triggering clashes
- In the southern port of Mariupol, where the city council building was seized a week ago by pro-Russia militants, there were reports of gunfire near a military base close to the city's airport, local media reported. Tyres were set on fire in the centre, giving off thick smoke, they said
- Many flights in and out of Donetsk were suspended. The Ukrainian aviation authorities gave no reason
- New checkpoints were earlier set up around the capital, Kiev. The interior ministry said it wanted to prevent the movement of weapons and explosives
- The authorities also attempted to re-establish control over Odessa, with Interim President Olexander Turchynov dismissing the acting head of the regional administration. Some 46 people died in the Black Sea city on Friday in a fire
At a news conference in Vienna on Tuesday, Mr Lavrov said
holding further international talks on Ukraine would be like "going
round in circles".
Instead, the government in Kiev and itsWestern backers needed to implement the steps to resolve the crisis agreed in Geneva last month, he said.
These involved all parties, including the separatists in eastern Ukraine, refraining from violence, vacating occupied buildings and being disarmed in return for an amnesty.
The 25 May presidential election was called after pro-Kremlin
President Viktor Yanukovych was overthrown by pro-Western protesters in
February.
"Scheduling an election during a time when the army is being used against a part of the population is not conventional - it's not Afghanistan," Mr Lavrov noted.
Earlier, French President Francois Hollande warned there would be "chaos and the risk of civil war" if the election did not take place.
Kiev has rejected the pro-Russian activists' demands for
greater autonomy for eastern regions, fearing they could lead to the
break-up of the country or more regions being annexed.
Separatists in Donetsk have proclaimed a "People's Republic" and are preparing to hold an independence referendum on Sunday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called the plan "contrived and bogus", and said the US rejected it as an "illegal effort to further divide Ukraine".
Instead, the government in Kiev and itsWestern backers needed to implement the steps to resolve the crisis agreed in Geneva last month, he said.
These involved all parties, including the separatists in eastern Ukraine, refraining from violence, vacating occupied buildings and being disarmed in return for an amnesty.
The situation remained tense in Sloviansk on Tuesday, with pro-Russian gunmen reinforcing checkpoints
Ukraine's State Aviation Administration gave no reason for the closure of Donetsk airport
"Scheduling an election during a time when the army is being used against a part of the population is not conventional - it's not Afghanistan," Mr Lavrov noted.
Earlier, French President Francois Hollande warned there would be "chaos and the risk of civil war" if the election did not take place.
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Separatists in Donetsk have proclaimed a "People's Republic" and are preparing to hold an independence referendum on Sunday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry called the plan "contrived and bogus", and said the US rejected it as an "illegal effort to further divide Ukraine".
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