有關烏克蘭問題的四方國際會談開始

International talks on Ukraine have begun in Geneva, where the United States says it will look for any signs Russia is serious about de-escalating tensions.

The talks involve the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, the United States, and the European Union.

In an interview Wednesday with CBS television, President Barack Obama said there will be consequences each time Russia takes steps to destabilize Ukraine and violate its sovereignty. But Mr. Obama said he is convinced Russia is not looking for a war.

Moscow has said it has the right to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine. It accuses the new Ukrainian leadership of being anti-Russian and anti-Semitic and of threatening the rights of pro-Russians.

But senior U.N. human rights official Ivan Simonvic told the Security Council Wednesday that during two trips to Ukraine in March, his team found no widespread attacks against ethnic-Russians.

Moscow calls the U.N. report biased and unfounded.烏克蘭、俄羅斯、美國和歐盟的外長星期四開始在日內瓦舉行有關烏克蘭問題的國際會談。美國表示將觀察俄羅斯是否有認真緩解烏克蘭緊張局勢的跡象。

奧巴馬總統星期三在接受美國哥倫比亞廣播公司(CBS)電視採訪時說，俄羅斯每次採取行動破壞烏克蘭穩定和踐踏烏克蘭主權，都會有後果，但是他說，他相信俄羅斯並不是在尋求戰爭。

俄羅斯聲稱有權保護烏克蘭境內講俄語的人。俄羅斯還指責烏克蘭新領導人反俄羅斯， 反猶太人，並威脅到親俄羅斯人的權利。

聯合國人權問題高級官員伊萬·薩蒙維奇星期三對安理會說，他和他的工作小組3月兩次訪問烏克蘭，並沒有看到俄羅斯族人普遍受到攻擊。

莫斯科稱聯合國的報告是有偏見和毫無根據的。