President of the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz has discussed at meeting with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday the need to promptly overcome the crisis in the government and to continue reforms in the country.

Schulz urged Ukrainian political forces to unite in support of a stable and reliable government and distance themselves from group interests.

The EP president made this call following consultations with Poroshenko in Brussels.

Ukrainian political elites should also seriously fight against corruption, focus on structural reforms and the implementation of the Ukraine-EU Association agreement, Schulz noted.

He also said that the adoption of the bill on e-declarations by Rada this week allowed Ukraine to enter a final stage of the implementation of criteria for successful completion of visa liberalization with the EU.

Schulz expressed concern about the detention, treatment, and state of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is on a hunger strike in a Russian prison awaiting sentencing next week. He recalled that in April last year the EP in its resolution condemned Savchenko's illegal abduction and detention, and demanded her immediate release.

Besides, Schulz noted that he agreed with Poroshenko a reboot of the Minsk process to ensure its full implementation.

He also said he was concerned over deterioration of the human rights situation on the occupied territories of Donbas and Crimea, as well as the humanitarian situation in the conflict zone.