Munich Security Conference

French, German and Ukrainian leaders are to discuss a last-ditch peace bid for east Ukraine with Vladimir Putin on Feb. 8, after the US called for "deeds" from the Russian leader accused of masterminding the conflict.
       

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and US Vice President Joe Biden have both taken a stance that the Ukraine crisis is likely to destabilize the situation in Bulgaria on Saturday. Discussions also proceeded with matters of energy security and opportunitites for key reforms.

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried a last-ditch effort to put an end to the war in Ukraine. Despite more than five hours of talks at the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany, there was no deal to end the fighting in the eastern Ukraine. The three, however, agreed to continue diplomacy.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande proposed a new peace plan during their visits to Ukraine and Russia on Thursday and Friday.

Hollande described the new proposal as "one of the last chances" to end the crisis in Ukraine, the BBC reports.

Merkel was not certain whether the plan would succeed, but it was "definitely worth trying".

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Feb. 7 ruled out sending weapons to the Ukrainian government to fight pro-Russian separatists but said there was no guarantee that her latest peace initiative with French President Francois Hollande would work either. 

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic will take part in the 51st Munich Security Conference on February 7-8 in the capacity of the OSCE chairperson, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in a statement on Friday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will participate in the opening of the 51st Munich Security Conference on Friday. Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany's Federal Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Soltenberg are also going to be a part of the ceremony.

Vucic to attend Munich Security Conference

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Munich on February 6 and 7 and attend the Munich Security Conference.

BELGRADE - A trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Serbia, Albania and Italy, on Belgrade-Tirana relations and regional cooperation, was held in Rome on Friday.

The meeting was organized at the initiative of Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, and the participants included the foreign ministers of Serbia and Albania Ivica Dacic and Ditmir Bushati.

Ukraine is at crossroads - OSCE chairperson

VIENNA -- Ukraine is currently at a crossroads - between whether the clashes will continue, or if work will be done on the peace option, Ivica Dacic has said.