Poroshenko hopes early parliamentary elections in Ukraine will take place in October

14:40, 26.06.2014 1 min read

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said he hopes early elections to the Verkhovna Rada will be held in October.

"The most democratic way is early parliamentary elections, which I intend to call, and I hope they will be held in October this year," Poroshenko said at a Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) session in Strasbourg on Thursday.