Kerry to meet Russia's Lavrov for Ukraine talks in Paris on Sunday

• Top diplomats discuss Ukraine and agree to meet in Paris
• Vladimir Putin calls Barack Obama late Friday

Guardian staff and agencies

Saturday 29 March 2014 

Secretary of state John Kerr will fly to Paris to meet with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Halfway home from Saudi Arabia, US secretary of state John Kerry has abruptly changed course. He will now stay in Europe for talks on Ukraine.

Kerry to Meet Russia's Lavrov for Ukraine Talks in Paris on Sunday by nelvely