烏克蘭衝突雙方和談計劃稱泡影

Ukrainian officials and pro-Russian rebels will not be meeting in Belarus' capital Minsk for a round of peace talks scheduled for Friday.

烏克蘭政府官員和親俄反叛武裝代表星期五將不會按原計劃在白俄羅斯首都明斯克舉行新一輪和平會談。

Belarussian officials on Friday announced the breakdown of the negotiations but did not give a reason. It is not clear if the talks will resume at a later date.

白俄羅斯官員星期五宣佈雙方談判破裂，但沒有透露原因。現在還不清楚會談是否會在稍晚一些時候恢復。

Talks between Ukrainian government negotiators and their pro-Russian separatist counterparts have failed to produce any breakthrough to end the eight-month conflict in eastern Ukraine.

烏克蘭政府和親俄分離分子的會面沒能就結束烏克蘭東部8個月的衝突取得任何突破進展。

Separatist leaders were quoted as saying Thursday that the only tangible result of the talks in Belarus this week was an agreement on the terms of a prisoner exchange of about 400 fighters.

媒體星期四引述分離主義領導人的話說，這個星期在白俄羅斯會談的唯一成果是針對交換大約400名戰俘的條件達成了一致。

Peace efforts have also involved Russian officials and mediators from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

參與和平努力的還有俄羅斯官員以及來自歐洲安全與合作組織的調停人。