Moscow perplexed by Poroshenko's call to close Russian-Ukrainian border – Foreign Ministry

15:05, 11.12.2014 1 min read

Moscow is perplexed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's demand that the border between the two countries be closed.

"Such statements cause perplexity and confusion," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said at a news conference in Moscow in reply to a question from Interfax.

"We will ask for explanations of this phrase through official channels," he said.