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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have discussed during a telephone conversation the prospect of coordination of the roadmap for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

“The officials agreed to intensify the work in the Normandy and other formats. In particular, they talked about the coordination of a clear-cut roadmap for the Minsk agreements implementation, which should involve Russia’s abiding by the security component,” the Ukrainian president’s press service reported about the results of the conversation.

Poroshenko called on France and Germany to facilitate the release of Ukrainian political prisoners from Russian jails and Ukrainian hostages from occupied territories.

Special attention was paid to decision-making on visa-free travel for Ukraine.

During the phone conversation, the Ukrainian president also expressed sincere condolences to the European counterparts over numerous casualties caused by recent acts of terror, including those in Nice, France, and Munich, Germany.