French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Ukraine to accelerate reforms, the Elysee Palace said in a communiqué following a phone talk with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

"They called on the Ukrainian authorities to accelerate internal reforms in continuation of important actions launched in 2014, especially, in the field of the modernization of the country, the struggle against corruption and judicial reform," the document said.

Hollande and Merkel also expect that "new dynamics being created through the change of the government will quickly yield concrete results."

The European leaders also stressed the need of "fast progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreement."