Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 1 as part of her visit to Ukraine at the invitation of the head of the Ukrainian state, according to the official website of the president.

"Important attention during the talks will be paid to the situation in Donbas, in the occupied Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. The leaders will coordinate further joint steps to ensure the implementation of the Minsk agreements and strengthen the international coalition as part of countering ongoing Russian aggression," the report says.

In addition, it is planned to discuss European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, as well as strengthening the energy security of Ukraine and the EU "as an integral component of the European and world security system."

The talks will also focus on strengthening trade, economic and investment cooperation between Ukraine and Germany, as well as on strengthening Germany's practical support for the reform process in Ukraine, according to the website of the Ukrainian president.

Merkel's upcoming visit to Ukraine will be the second in the past four years. She last visited the country in August 2014.

Deputy spokesperson for the German government Ulrike Demmer said last week that Merkel would visit Kyiv on November 1 and would discuss with Poroshenko the Minsk agreements among other things and that bilateral relations between Ukraine and Germany would be at the center of negotiations.

Merkel said on Monday, October 29, that she would not run for the Bundestag in 2021 and wound not stand for a new chancellor's term. In addition, she said that at a congress of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on December 7-8 she would be nominated for the post of party chairperson. At the same time, Merkel stated that she was ready to work as German chancellor until the end of her term.