The European Union is ready to increase its diplomatic efforts towards settling the crisis in Ukraine, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini has said after the EU Foreign Ministers' Council on Monday.

"What we can add and what we agreed will be useful to add on our side is, on the one side, more diplomatic efforts in any format to contribute towards solving the crisis," she said at a press conference in Brussels on Monday.

"On the second level [is] a political dialogue on global and regional issues, be it Syria or Iranian talks on nuclear [issues] or the Middle East peace process, or again some of the regional crises we have, in Afghanistan or in Libya, and major global challenges like climate change and counterterrorism," she said.

"We do have an interest in having a political dialogue on global and regional issues with Russia," she added.