MOSCOW, April 14. /ITAR-TASS/. If the authorities in Kiev dare use force, our entire cooperation on the Ukrainian issue will be undermined, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a meeting of the World Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots.

“We are now discussing the possibility of holding a meeting of Russia, the United States, the European Union and Ukraine,” Lavrov said. “We shall be prepared to discuss ways of promoting a solution of the Ukrainian issue. But if the authorities in Kiev dare use force, our entire cooperation on the Ukrainian issue, on Ukrainian settlement will be undermined. We have let this known to our Western partners.