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Ukrainian President urged his colleagues at Minsk meeting to support the strategy of peaceful future of Ukraine
26.08.2014 18:46 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has urged all the participants of the meeting Ukraine-EU-"Eurasian trio" to support peaceful settlement of the situation in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, President Petro Poroshenko Press Office reports.
«I am confident that today, the only possible instrument of terminating bloodshed and ensuring post-conflict reconstruction of the Donbas is peaceful settlement. I call on all the participants of the meeting to consider and take this as a basis for the settlement of the situation,» the Head of State said at the meeting.
As to the report, the President noted that he was ready to discuss different options that would ensure the strategy of peaceful future for Ukraine and the entire Europe.
As to Poroshenko, the first and foremost precondition for stabilization of the situation in the East of Ukraine is the establishment of efficient control over the Ukrainian-Russian border. «It is necessary to do everything to stop the supply of armored vehicles and arms to the militants. Such control is possible only with the involvement of the OSCE mission into the monitoring and verification of the border,» he said.
The President also called for immediate liberation of all hostages. Including Ukrainian citizens who are now abroad. «These steps will open the way to peaceful settlement and beginning of the restoration of the Donbas,» he noted.
Petro Poroshenko stressed that the government had already been considering options of restoring the region and its development after the settlement of the situation and the achievement of peace. «The international community also supports such intentions and efforts. Our foreign partners are ready to provide concrete proposals in the course of the donor conference on Ukraine planned for autumn,» the President said inviting the participants of the meeting to take part in it.
At the same time, Petro Poroshenko emphasized that the implementation of those initiatives would become possible only after making decisive steps on de-escalation of the conflict in the Donbas.
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