Lavrov and Kerry to meet in London to discuss Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to London to meet with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Friday to discuss proposals for resolving the Ukrainian crisis.

“Our job is to try to present them with a series of options that are appropriate in order to try to respect the people of Ukraine, international law, and the interests of all concerned,” Kerry said in testimony before a U.S. House of Representatives committee.

“We will offer certain choices to Foreign Minister Lavrov and to President (Vladimir) Putin, through him, and to Russia, with hopes, and I think the hopes of the world, that we will be able to find a way forward that defuses this and … finds a way to respect the integrity and sovereignty of the state of Ukraine,” Kerry added.