Napolitano calls for continued 'dialogue' with Russia

(ANSA) - Rome, September 3 - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday called for further dialogue with Russia on the situation in the Ukraine.
    Napolitano said he felt "great appreciation" for the steps taken earlier in the day by Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine.
    "We are hoping that this dialogue will open the road to the revival of the cooperation between the European Union and Russia now in severe crisis," the president said in a statement.
    Poroshenko and Putin reportedly reached an agreement on the steps necessary to reach a ceasefire between Ukraine authorities and pro-Russian rebels in the country.