Russia, China urge all Ukraine regions, public political groups to start talks - joint statement

SHANGHAI, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and China urged all Ukrainian regions and public and political groups to start talks and develop a concept of country’s constitutional development with full observation of human rights, Presidents of Russia and China Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping said in a joint statement adopted upon results of their talks in the Chinese city of Shanghai on Tuesday. “The sides voice serious concerns over continuing domestic political crisis in Ukraine,” the document runs. Russia and China “urge to de-escalate current conflict in that country, show restraint and seek for peaceful political ways to settle current problems.” “The sides urged all Ukrainian regions and public and political groups to enter in broad nationwide talks, develop jointly a concept of further constitutional development of the country envisaging full observation of universally recognized rights and freedoms of people,” the statement reads. Learn more on itar-tass.com