High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini met with
the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko as part of the President's visit to
Brussels on 27 August 2015.
President Poroshenko, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Pavlo
Klimkin, provided an update on the security situation in eastern Ukraine, where
the recent escalation of fighting was of particular concern, as well as
harassment of the OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission by separatists.
High Representative/Vice-President Mogherini underlined the European
Union's continued support for the full implementation of the Minsk agreements,
starting with respect for the ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
The EU would continue its support notably for the OSCE, the facilitation of
ongoing trilateral discussions with Ukraine and Russia on energy security and
continuing trilateral talks on the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association
Agreement's provisions on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.
The High Representative welcomed President Poroshenko's update regarding
the country's progress on constitutional reform enabling decentralisation, as
well the announcement of an agreement reached between Ukraine and its ad-hoc
creditor committee on debt, which should allow for the continued vigorous
pursuit of economic and political reforms. Both the President and the High
Representative hoped for further rapid progress on the path to visa-free travel
between Ukraine and the EU.
High Representative Mogherini reiterated her position for the release of
Nadiya Savchenko, Oleg Sentsov, Oleksandr Kolchenko and other Ukrainian
prisoners in the Russian Federation and their safe return to Ukraine.
The High Representative accepted the President's invitation to visit
again Ukraine in the near future.
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