The issue of Ukraine will stand high on the agenda of the summit of the group of seven.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko discussed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel scenario the pressure on Russia to fulfill the Minsk agreements.
He said this after a meeting in country residence of the head of the German government.
“A significant portion of time was devoted to coordination of actions on implementation of the Minsk agreements. Stated that Russia is not fulfilling the Minsk agreements and we need to develop a script that would motivate Russia to sit at the negotiating table and to implement what it promised in the first place about security,” said Poroshenko.
According to him, everything must be done to restore peace on the Ukrainian land, to end the occupation. He stressed that Ukraine has the full support of Germany.
“In addition, we have agreed that if the Minsk agreements are not adhered to, then with high probability the EU sanctions will be extended. It is very important that this meeting took place on the eve of the summit “the Big seven”, where in Sicily the question of Ukraine will stand high on the agenda. This issue will also be present at the meeting “Big twenty”, – said the President.
“Agreed on the financial support of the reforms and stated a significant success of the Ukrainian team in the implementation of reforms,” he added.
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