September 11, 2015

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Presidential Administration of Ukraine

French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speak to the press after their talks in Berlin.

“There is no alternative to the Minsk process. We said that in our joint statement at the NATO summit of September 5, 2014. We said that when signing the agreement in Minsk on February 12, 2015. We say it today. We are confident that the Minsk process, which is based on the peace plan, is an absolutely universal instrument. Minsk is an immediate ceasefire. Minsk is a withdrawal of heavy weaponry and artillery. Minsk is an immediate liberation of hostages. Minsk is an unimpeded access for the OSCE SMM [Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe] to the control over the execution of the achieved agreements.

“Minsk is a complex of issues – political, humanitarian, social, economic – which facilitate peace and de-escalation of the conflict. I am pleased to state that Ukraine strictly fulfills the undertaken commitments… We clearly declare that for today, unfortunately, Russia and Russia-backed militants pose the only threat to the restoration of peace and stability in the region. …We clearly agreed that we must ensure unimpeded access to all territories, including the uncontrolled area of the Ukrainian-Russian border in order to stop the supply of Russian troops, weapons and ammunition to the occupied territory.”

– President Petro Poroshenko in a statement following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Berlin on 24 August (as reported by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress).

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