“For several days Angela Merkel and I have worked on a text … a text that can be acceptable to all,” Hollande told a news conference, according to news agencies. He warned about risks of escalation in Ukraine: “Now we are in a war, and in a war that could be a total war.”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Kiev Boryspil International Airport February 5, 2015. (pool picture) France and Germany Enter "Last Call" Ukraine Peace Talks With Russia Thursday February 5 th , 2015 at 1:03 PM 1 Share The president of France and Chancellor of Germany are launching crucial peace talks to solve the Ukraine crisis on Thursday in what could become a long-overdue solution or a repeat to a “Munich” like embarrassment. François Hollande and Angela Merkel will meet Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on Thursday, at a time that United States Secretary of State John Kerry is also in Ukraine, and the two western European leaders will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Hollande said in Paris that they would “make a new proposal to solve the conflict which will be based on Ukraine’s territorial integrity.” “For several days Angela Merkel and I have worked on a text … a text that can be acc