{"id":45379,"date":"2013-12-10T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=45379"},"modified":"2013-12-10T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T12:50:13","slug":"ukraine-unrestprotests-and-emergency-talks-continue-breaking-news-45379","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/ukraine-unrestprotests-and-emergency-talks-continue-breaking-news-45379\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Unrest:Protests and emergency talks continue \/ Breaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The European Union’s top diplomat is set to hold emergency talks with Ukraine’s president as fresh protests continue to grip the country’s capital Kiev.<\/h1>\n

At least 10 protesters were hurt in clashes with baton-wielding police in the early hours of Tuesday as interior troops and riot police forced demonstrators and removed barricades from around the government headquarters in Kiev.<\/p>\n

Mediator Baroness Ashton will meet Viktor Yanukovych for talks aimed at solving the crisis, sparked by Ukraine’s decision to reject a pact with the EU in favour of a trade alliance with Russia.<\/p>\n

President Victor Yanukovych also plans to meet with Ukraine’s three former presidents in a search for a resolution to the crisis, which has seen pro-EU demonstrators pitted against security forces for three weeks.<\/p>\n

The president is also backing the idea of round-table talks with the opposition.<\/p>\n

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Mediator Baroness Ashton will meet Viktor Yanukovych<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But the opposition has refused to negotiate until Mr Yanukovych dismisses the government, punishes riot police for crushing a smaller protest last month and releases arrested demonstrators.<\/p>\n

“A round table does not fit very well in a square prison cell,” said opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk.<\/p>\n

The party of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said that armed law enforcement officers had raided its headquarters, taking away documents and servers.<\/p>\n

Baroness Ashton voiced concerns that any attempts to end the stand-off between the two sides could be could be derailed by the raid on opposition party offices.<\/p>\n

She urged the authorities “to exercise utmost restraint and refrain from any further use of force, in order to give space for a negotiated solution out of the current political stalemate”.<\/p>\n

It comes a day after US Vice President Joe Biden conveyed Washington’s “deep concern” to President \u00a0Yanukovych.<\/p>\n

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Mr Biden had called Mr Yanukovych and emphasised the “need to immediately de-escalate the situation and begin dialogue with opposition leaders”, a White House statement said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s political standoff has been aggravated by its rapidly deteriorating finances.<\/p>\n

The economy has been in recession for more than a year, and the government is in desperate need of foreign funding to avoid a default.<\/p>\n

As talks stalled with the International Monetary Fund, Mr Yanukovych has sought a bailout loan from Russia.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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