Meeting for Sufferings: Friends welcome Ukraine initiative

Friends welcomed news of a Quaker initiative on Ukraine

Friends at Meeting for Sufferings welcomed news of a Quaker initiative on Ukraine.  The situation in the country was considered at the annual meeting of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Europe and Middle East Section (EMES).

It was agreed to encourage and uphold the concern of Misha Roshchin of Moscow Monthly Meeting and Roland Rand of the Tallin Worship Group to visit Eastern Ukraine and hear views on the situation and what needs to be done; to work with individuals to defuse tension; and to talk to international bodies concerned with averting conflict.

Meeting for Sufferings was informed that a support group has been formed.  It comprises Kees Nieuwerth of Netherlands Yearly Meeting, Johan Mauer of Moscow Monthly Meeting and John Lampen of Britain Yearly Meeting.

A minute from Gloucester Area Meeting was received on the current situation in the Ukraine.

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