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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has urged EU to convince Russia to meet its commitments under the ceasefire declaration signed in Minsk, Belarus last year. Klimkin, on a working visit to Vienna (Austria) March 13-14, took part in in the extended seminar attended by EU diplomats affiliated with the European People's Party (EPP).

“Pavlo Klimkin delivered a speech during the seminar devoted to EU relations with Ukraine and the Russian Federation. He called on the EU states to individually and jointly coordinate efforts to support full implementation of Minsk Agreements by the Russian side,” the ministry’s press service said on March 14.

Klimkin held talks with his colleagues from EU states. He also met Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz.