Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has stressed the need for the sanctions against Russia to remain in place until the Minsk agreements are fully implemented.
"It is obvious that the anti-Russian sanctions must remain until Russia has fully implemented the Minsk agreements and has gotten out of Donbas. Until it has taken back its troops, its weapons and until control is restored over the border," he told the media before his talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday.
He reiterated that sanctions were imposed on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine and they must be extended if this aggression still continues.
"We'll cover these topics with Chancellor, and I'll additionally tell the Chancellor what reforms do we carry to stabilize situation in the country, what we precisely do for combating corruption and when take Constitutional amendments, which are to pass voting at the Ukrainian parliament tomorrow," Poroshenko added.
