This meeting is intended to defuse the crisis after a series of talks between Russians and Americans last week.
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They hope to get one “clear indication of the state of mind of the Russians”. The German Chancellor’s diplomatic advisers as well as the Russian, Ukrainian and French presidents met on Wednesday January 26 in Paris to try to find a way out of the crisis in Ukraine, announced the French presidency. This meeting is intended to defuse the situation after a series of talks between Russians and Americans last week, in the context of a continuous rise in tensions around Ukraine.
“We want de-escalation, which requires both dialogue and deterrence. A dialogue is taking place on sanctions with European and American partners and the institutions, so that this deterrence is sufficiently credible, so that the dialogue is credible The two feed off each other.”, commented the French presidency. “But these sanctions must not lead to aftershocks that would cost us a boomerang. Sanctions are not the be-all and end-all of the response”, underlined the Elysée.