Vladimir Putin has held prolonged telephone talks with Poroshenko
On Tuesday, February 13, a telephone conversation between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian edition “Mirror of week” with reference to the source. The interview took place at the initiative of the Ukrainian side was long, the reason for it was the third anniversary of the conclusion of the second Minsk agreement.
In the administration of the President of Ukraine (APU) confirmed the fact of negotiations. “The President of Ukraine has held a phone conversation with Russian President to enhance the liberation of the Ukrainian hostages, in particular the exchange of prisoners of guards and the liberation of the Ukrainian military in the occupied territories. They also discussed the agenda for the meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the countries “Norman Quartet”, which is scheduled for 16 February in Munich. A telephone conversation took place in coordination with the European partners in the “channel format” and American allies,” — said in the presidential administration.
We will remind, in January the press-Secretary of President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not always notify the contacts of Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko. According to him, the President has a large number of contacts which are not of a public nature, and not to report them — a common practice. On the February 12 talks, the Kremlin announced.
On Tuesday, Dmitry Peskov, said that Putin “had a cold, but continues to work.” According to the press Secretary, the illness of the President will not affect his schedule. On Wednesday the TV channel “Rain” announced the cancellation of the next public events with the participation of Vladimir Putin. In the Kremlin deny the information.