KYIV, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday urged Russia to continue dialogue in established negotiating formats to prove it did not want to solve problems by force.
Russia held talks with the United States and NATO this week after massing troops near Ukraine's borders in readiness for what Kyiv and its allies say could be a new military offensive. Russia said on Thursday that talks with the West had so far failed to bridge fundamental differences.
"Despite the unsatisfactory week of great diplomacy for Russia, I believe that the only way for the Russians to confirm their lack of intention to solve problems by force is to continue the discussion in the established formats, in particular in the OSCE," Kuleba said in a statement.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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