EU says Merkel-Hollande Moscow mission a move to political solution

Journalists raise their hands to ask questions during French President Francois Hollande's news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris February 5, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A mission by the leaders of France and Germany to Kiev and Moscow is a clear effort to find a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday.

"The European Union supports all the initiatives aimed at bringing political solution to the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine; the efforts of Chancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande, and the visits to Kiev and Moscow they just announced, are clearly going in this direction," she said.