Poroshenko held dialogues with Merkel and Hollande
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a trilateral phone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and President of the French Republic Francois Hollande, said the press service of the head of the Ukrainian nation. Poroshenko expressed gratitude to Germany for the conclusion on the allocation of 2, 5 million euros to the needs of residents of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, notified on the Internet representation of the President of Ukraine." We perceive this decision not only money, but also very important moral support from the EU countries ", - noticed Poroshenko. Poroshenko and Merkel discussed the steps to de-escalate the situation in Donbass. Poroshenko said that Ukraine appreciates the efforts and support of France and Germany in the peace settlement. He informed interlocutors, for example, about " liberation " in the last days of the five cities in the Donetsk region." However, the situation remains tense due to the concentration of terrorists in Donetsk and the continuing inflow of weapons it through the Russian-Ukrainian border. At that, the sides summed up the lack of progress from Russia in performance before the reached agreements ", - is informed in the report of the press service. Before Wednesday, French foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in a telephone conversation on the initiative of the French side, said Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that the Kiev authorities depart from the agreements reached on 2 July in Berlin. Poroshenko said that " members of the tripartite liaison group open to discuss different variants of the time and place of the next meeting, but the other party does not demonstrate such willingness ". He emphasized the fact that the pilot of the military might of Ukraine Nadezhda Savchenko was imprisoned in Voronezh. Poroshenko called unacceptable " the cases of export militias hostages on a platform of Russia.