Germany's foreign minister urged the Ukrainian government on Tuesday to avoid a return to violence, as riot police advanced on Kiev's Independent Square following a day of violent clashes with opponents to President Viktor Yanukovich. "I urge the opposing groups in Ukraine to return urgently to the path of recent days and talk about a political solution," Frank-Walter Steinmeier told his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kozhara by telephone, Steinmeier's office said in a statement. "A return to violence in Ukraine is certainly no way to reach a settlement and ensure a good future for the country," the German minister told Kozhara. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/94592.aspx
