UN Under-Secretary-General Feltman to visit Kyiv in mid-December

09:39, 27.11.2014 1 min read

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will visit Kyiv in the middle of December, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over the phone.

"The Secretary-General informed the President that in continuation of his good offices he had asked Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman to return to Kyiv in mid-December for further consultations with the Government and key stakeholders," the UN said on its website on Wednesday.

During their telephone conversation, the sides "discussed the severe challenges surrounding the delivery of funds and essential supplies to parts of eastern Ukraine, and the President's efforts to find an adequate solution," according to the report.

"The Secretary-General and the President agreed that the Minsk agreements provided a clear path towards peace and their implementation was essential," it said.