Talks led by three EU ministers on the future of Ukraine have stopped the bloodshed, but an agreement remains far off, Poland's prime minister said Friday.
"For now, this objective (to end bloodshed) has been achieved, but the road to an agreement is still very far off," Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Warsaw.
"We can't say yet that the worst-case scenario has been completely avoided. This conflict will last.... for a long time," Tusk said.
"It's possible that betting on a happy ending in the next few hours or days was completely exaggerated," he added.
An ex-communist EU and NATO member, Poland has long been active in drawing ex-Soviet eastern neighbour Ukraine closer to the West.
Most recently, the two countries co-hosted the Euro 2012 football championships.
Talks led by three EU ministers on the future of Ukraine have stopped the bloodshed, but an agreement remains far off, Poland’s prime minister said Friday.
“For now, this objective (to end bloodshed) has been achieved, but the road to an agreement is still very far off,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters in Warsaw.
“We can’t say yet that the worst-case scenario has been completely avoided. This conflict will last…. for a long time,” Tusk said.
“It’s possible that betting on a happy ending in the next few hours or days was completely exaggerated,” he added.
An ex-communist EU and NATO member, Poland has long been active in drawing ex-Soviet eastern neighbour Ukraine closer to the West.
Most recently, the two countries co-hosted the Euro 2012 football championships.
