{"id":44658,"date":"2014-09-04T10:07:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T10:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=44658"},"modified":"2014-09-04T10:10:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T10:10:57","slug":"putin-unveils-ukraine-ceasefire-plan-france-halts-warship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/putin-unveils-ukraine-ceasefire-plan-france-halts-warship\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin unveils Ukraine ceasefire plan, France halts warship"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Vladimir Putin outlined plans for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday but Ukraine’s prime minister dismissed the proposal, while France expressed its disapproval of Moscow’s support for separatist forces by halting delivery of a warship.<\/p>\n
After speaking to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko by phone, Putin said he believed Kiev and pro-Russian separatists could reach agreement at planned talks in Minsk on Friday.<\/p>\n
“Our views on the way to resolve the conflict, as it seemed to me, are very close,” Putin told reporters during a visit to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, describing the seven steps he had put forward to secure a resolution to the crisis.<\/p>\n