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Reminder that you have a very volatile mix on the ground there. you have these emotions being stoked up for political effect by the russians. and that's a dangerous thing to do. because once they are stoked up, it's hard to put that genie back in the battle. >> hopefully this has resolved itself if mr. serry is on his way to the airport. if you want to call it resolved. a u.n. envoy feeling chased out of the country, there to represent or observe, distressing, to say the least. and all this as diplomacy is about to play out. we're moments away from the meeting between sergey lavrov and united ...

For the secretary of state of the united states, john kerry, and the russian foreign minis r minister, sergey lavrov, to conclude their talks in paris. we expect that they will be speaking to reporters. we'll have live coverage of that. in the meantime, to cnn's anna coren, joining us from crimea. anna, this u.n. envoy had to leave, leave a coffee shop. it was an ugly scene unfolding. tell us what you know. >> reporter: yeah, an ugly scene indeed, wolf. we understand that robert serry was surrounded by up to 15 armed gunmen. they ordered him to get into a car and head straight to the airport. ...

Recent tweets. with robert serry now. not kidnapped, but held in coffee shop. some men outside. prevent him from leaving. and then special rep is waiting in coffee shop for help. he asked us to stay with him, and keep filming. u.n. special adviser, robert serry, had been visiting navy commander when his car was blocked, standoff followed. next tweet. he refused to go with the men blocking the car, got out, and walked until he found coffee shop. he asked itv news team to stay with him. next tweet. u.n. special enjoy, robert serry's assistant says she saw at least one man with a gun among group ...

Tickets had been reserved for me already to get out. and then now happy to be in istanbul. let me put this also, wolf, in perspective. you know, what has happened to me, i hope serves as a reminder to all how dangerous the situation has become in the crimea. there is a very urgent need to de-escalate this situation. all those who are responsible and can do that must have cool heads, lower their rhetoric and fix this situation. i am very worried for what would happen if there is bloodshed. there are people in the crimea who actually behaved there with a lot of self-restraint. >> you know, mr. s...

Detaining him for trying to hold him? were these russian troops, were these pro-russian troops, do we know if they were thugs? did he give a description of who these people were? >> he asked robert serry. serry was unable to describe in detail, some in military fatigues. he did not describe the voices, whether there were accents. didn't know, but they were quite menacing. u.n. observers, u.n. envoys sometimes bear the brunt. they're the early century sometimes sent in to hostile situations to see if they can lay the ground work diplomatly for talks, negotiations, international monitors. someti...