President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin in the coming week, a spokesman for the Ukrainian president Sviatoslav Tseholko has said. "President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will make a visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on January 30. The the Ukrainian president is expected to hold talks with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. Petro Poroshenko will also hold meetings with Bundestag President Norbert Lammert, Vice Chancellor of Germany Sigmar Gabriel and representatives of German business circles," the presidential press service said on Friday. Poroshenko's press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko said earlier that the Ukrainian president would visit Berlin. The central topics on the agenda of the talks will be the situation in Donbas and the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, he said. A source with knowledge of the matter also told Interfax that during his visit, Poroshenko would meet with the leadership of the German Parliament, Vice Chancellor Gabriel, who is being considered as a candidate for the post of German foreign minister, as well as Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is expected to step down as Germany's foreign minister in the near future. These meetings will address a wide range of topics, including issues concerning the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and the prospects of visa-free travel to European Union countries for Ukrainian citizens, the source said.

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