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乌克兰总统与三位前总统和西方特使会晤 Ukraine President Meets with Predecessors,Western Envoys

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乌克兰总统亚努科维奇星期二与三位前总统和欧盟外交政策主管会晤，努力缓解这个国家的紧张局势，这一紧张局势是由于他拒绝与欧盟签署人们长时间以来期盼的贸易协议、选择与俄罗斯加强关系引起的。
 
亚努科维奇星期二会晤了三位前总统尤先科、库奇马和克拉夫朱克。这是全国圆桌会议的一部分。
 
他还将与欧盟的外交政策负责人阿什顿举行会谈。阿什顿正在对乌克兰进行两天的访问。 
 
与此同时，美国助理国务卿卢岚会晤了三位乌克兰反对派的高级领导人，她星期二晚些时候将与亚努科维奇会晤。卢岚说，美国正与欧盟密切合作，解决乌克兰危机。
 
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych met with three former Ukrainian presidents and the EU foreign policy chief in an effort to diffuse tensions over his refusal to sign a long-anticipated European Union trade deal in favor of closer ties to Russia.

Mr. Yanukovych met Tuesday with his predecessors Viktor Yushchenko, Leonid Kuchma, and Leonid Kravchuk as part of national roundtable discussions.

He is also set to meet with EU official Catherine Ashton while she is in Ukraine for a two-day visit.

Meanwhile U.S. assistant secretary of state Victoria Nuland met with three top opposition leaders and was scheduled to meet with Mr. Yanukovych later Tuesday. Nuland says the U.S. is cooperating closely with the European Union to resolve the crisis.