(VOVworld) – The UK along with its European partners and the US want to work with Russia to resolve Ukraine’s crisis diplomatically, said British Prime Minister David Cameron on the phone on Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Pro-Russian demonstrators attend a rally in Donetsk March 9, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)

Cameron urged Putin to relieve tension over Ukrainian issues and create an "international contact group" to facilitate direct talks between Moscow and Kiev. Putin agreed that a stable Ukraine would benefit both Russia and the EU, adding that he would discuss the contact group idea with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Also on Sunday, the White House announced a US trip this week by Ukrainian caretaker Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk to address the emerging complications on the Crimea peninsula.