DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin said the conflict in Ukraine will continue if rival groups there do not agree among themselves.

The president said this in comments published on Monday ahead of a proposed summit with French, German and Ukrainian leaders, reports the NDTV.
 
The four leaders had discussed the meeting in a phone call on Sunday as part of their efforts to achieve a ‘comprehensive settlement’ in the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels, Berlin said.
 
Putin, however, warned that the summit planned in the Belarussian capital Minsk would only take place if the leaders agreed on a ‘number of points’ by then.

The Russian president will be in Egypt on Monday and Tuesday for a meeting with his counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
 
BDST: 1008 HRS, FEB 09, 2015