烏克蘭總統與三位前總統和西方特使會晤
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.烏克蘭總統亞努科維奇星期二與三位前總統和歐盟外交政策主管會晤，努力緩解這個國家的緊張局勢，這一緊張局勢是由於他拒絕與歐盟簽署人們長時間以來期盼的貿易協議、選擇與俄羅斯加強關係引起的。
亞努科維奇星期二會晤了三位前總統尤先科、庫奇馬和克拉夫朱克。這是全國圓桌會議的一部分。
他還將與歐盟的外交政策負責人阿什頓舉行會談。阿什頓正在對烏克蘭進行兩天的訪問。
與此同時，美國助理國務卿盧嵐會晤了三位烏克蘭反對派的高級領導人，她星期二晚些時候將與亞努科維奇會晤。盧嵐說，美國正與歐盟密切合作，解決烏克蘭危機。
