. >> the german foreign minister guido westerwelle has called on kosovo and soviet to settle their disputes. -- coast of low and sarajevo to settle their disputes. he is the first top european official to visit the region since ethnic violence erupted two weeks ago. coast of vote declared their independence in 2008. this is not recognized as a state. the former ukrainian prime minister is back in court and her trial on corruption charges continues. she's accused of abuse of power and costing the state 100 million euros three deals that she signed with russia. moscow would like to maintain those deals. that was the message delivered as the dmitry medvedev met with the ukrainian president. >> a friendly exchange of handshakes for close political partners. serious talks are expected to follow. kiev would like to open negotiations on their gas contracts and russia has issues they would like to talk about. >> we have a lot of topics to discuss and as always, we want to be direct and friendly. >> russia is unsettled by the ongoing legal proceedings against the former prime minister. the russian f