UNITED NATIONS, September 21. /TASS/. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday he hails the idea of deploying a UN mission in Ukraine.

"We adressed the situation in Ukraine. I welcomed the proposal to have UN peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, that has been supported by Ukraine. There is also Russian proposal on the table," he said after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.