Kiev is counting on the observance of the Minsk agreements on the settlement in Ukraine, the debate on the abolition of local elections in the breakaway DND and LNR at the next meeting of "Normandy four," said Fins news the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

"I think we need to make the necessary rules under which the Minsk agreement and all the requirements will be followed, among them the abolition of the illegal elections (in DND and LNR) ", - said Poroshenko, explaining the upcoming presidential summit "channel four" in Paris.

Answering the question, does he hope after all this happens, the supervisor said, " I'm always the optimist ".

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