Kiev
Protesters are being asked to evacuate Ukraine's public offices following the approval of an amnesty bill on Wednesday, Ukraine's parliament speaker, Volodymyr Rybak, said.
"Protesters can use the Union Building (Profsayuz) and the Concert Hall (October Palace)," Rybak said in a press conference on Thursday.
Rybak added that there had been no state of emergency talks, and that the problems should be solved in a peaceful manner.
There is currently a "fragile ceasefire" between protesters and Ukraine's police.
Ukraine's parliament has approved amnesty towards those protesters that have been arrested or taken into custody during the protests, envisioning their possible release.
However, the amnesty bill is not convincing the opposition party, and protesters have maintained that they will not evacuate the streets.
Meanwhile, the heads of the Visegrad Group have called for an immediate end to the violent incidents in Ukraine.
After meeting in Budapest, the prime ministers of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic - the Visegrad member states - issued a joint statement condemning the developments that led to the deaths of at least three protestors.
The statement stressed that the government, opposition, and civil society must end the ongoing violence before the country’s future is threatened.
The Verkhovna Rada - Ukraine's parliament - voted on Thursday to approve an amnesty for detained protesters, provided the opposition evacuates the public offices and squares they currently occupy within 15 days.
The government also agreed to some of the opposition’s demands by repealing several anti-protest laws approved on January 16.
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