and the situation in southeastern ukraine remains complex. the reasons are the same.he current ukrainian authorities refuse to honor the commitments they have made in resolving this conflict. they are unwilling to engage in a dialogue with their own citizens, instead relying on brute force. we still believe that the minsk agreements remain the only foundation for a peaceful resolution of the situation. what we are doing in the international arena, we don't do this just for the sake of some abstract greatness or to create problems for others. our key goal, once again i repeat is to create conditions , for our country's economic development within the next few years. russia should secure a place among top economic superpowers five in the world and improve living standards of our people. to achieve these strategic goals, we have to take advantage of all the opportunities that we have in the international arena. we should be practical, securing new markets, expanding our support bringing in new , technology, overcome existing barriers that stand in the way of russian comp

ukraine talks to al-jazeera. hello there it's not quite as cold as it has been in the southeastern parts of australia this little spiraling area of cloud it's working its way away from us and that's allowed some slightly milder air to work its way in so for melbourne which should get to around thirteen or fourteen degrees as we have tree saturday further west it is warmer force in perth will be up to eighteen but there's this area of cloud that's making its way towards us lots likely to give us a few showers or it will eventually begin to break up as we head through sunday for alice springs very different here plenty of sunshine twenty two degrees or maximum but at night it's still cold dropping below freezing if we had across towards new zealand with this still spiraling area of travis is the same one that was working away from the southeast corner of australia but it's making its way towards new zealand for new zealand on saturday there will be a good deal of dry fine weather but this system is knocking on our door and as we head into sunday looks like many of us are going to see the weather go downhill plenty