BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy will travel to Ukraine next Monday to discuss how to stabilise the situation there before the May 25 presidential election, the EU said on Thursday.
Western countries are hoping the election will help stabilise the country. But Russia said on Thursday it would be senseless to go ahead with the vote unless the Ukrainian government ended a military operation against separatists in the east and began a nationwide dialogue on constitutional reform.
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