President Francois Hollande of France and Barack Obama of the US share the same “concern” over the violence witnessed in east Ukraine over the past few days, the French presidency said in a statement cited by AFP on Monday, April 14th.
The two leaders voiced their worry in a telephone conversation in which Hollande expressed hope that a Geneva meeting on Thursday between representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the United States and Europe “will start a dialogue” to defuse the situation.