President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Head of State expressed gratitude to Germany for the assistance and support. "Thank you for an active role of Germany in supporting Ukraine in a difficult time for the state," he said.

The Head of State informed the Foreign Minister on the progress of implementation of the peace plan on the settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine, particularly, on the proclamation of ceasefire in Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

"Unfortunately, violations of ceasefire regime by the other side are being recorded. Last night, 8 more occasions were recorded. One serviceman was killed, 7 were wounded," the Head of State noted.

The President expressed gratitude to Germany for supporting yesterday's conclusions of the EU Council at the level of Foreign Ministers on the completion of the first phase of the Visa Liberalization Action Plan between Ukraine and the EU. He also asked to assist in the implementation of the second phase in order to introduce visa-free regime with the EU for the citizens of Ukraine as soon as possible.

The parties also discussed the necessity of introducing a new security format with efficient guarantees for Ukraine.

Petro Poroshenko suggested that the parties begin working over joint Ukrainian-German projects in the East of Ukraine aimed at restoration of the economy of the region and the creation of new jobs.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany commended the second meeting of Trilateral contact group in Donetsk and noted that the given success became possible due to the work of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin, former President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, Ambassador of Russia Mikhail Zurabov and Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Heidi Tagliavini.

"The discussion on conditions under which the truce might be proclaimed and the militants might lay down arms and agree to the operation of the OSCE expanded monitoring mission is itself a considerable step forward," the Minister emphasized.

 

Assessoria da Imprensa do Presidente da Ucrânia