France, Germany Ask Putin For Support
31 October 2014 - 8:00AM
Dow Jones News
French President Francois Hollande, Germany's Chancellor Angela
Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukranian President
Petro Poroshenko spoke on the phone Thursday evening, hours after a
deal was sealed between Moscow and Kiev to resolve their
natural-gas feud.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a
57-nation group that is monitoring the Sept. 5 cease-fire,
requested drones from its member countries to keep track of events
on the ground.
France and Germany said they would consider providing them. But
their request to safeguard the drone operators could run into
resistance at the OSCE, a civilian organization that includes
Russia, which would have to agree to the plan.
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