German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy on mutual press conference in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela has called for a ceasefire in Ukraine, informs on the first day of the week Spanish TV and radio.

Rajoy said that " the main priority is the ceasefire (in Ukraine) to prevent a larger number of victims, human security and create conditions for negotiations." The two leaders also stressed that politically the EU supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country and a large number of reforms "that ought to hold the Ukrainian authorities. The two leaders also added that " full match " views was achieved not only by the provisions in the South-East of Ukraine, but also in such hot spots as Iraq, Gaza and Libya.

Speaking about the improvement in the Spanish economy, Rajoy also said that Spain is beginning to see the fruits of their reforms, most of which were designed together with Germany ". Merkel, for its part, said the improvement in the Spanish economy, which was achieved largely " complex and difficult " reforms, and also added that the current government of Spain has created the basis for the successful development of Spain in the future."


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About how developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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