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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that he believes a dialogue between foreign chiefs during their meeting in a "Normandy format" in Berlin on January 21 to be constructive. 

This follows from his talk with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in Davos on Jan. 21.

The parties also discussed the situation in Donbas and the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements as the main precondition for the peaceful settlement.

Moreover, the president informed Rutte on the escalation of the situation in Donbas and the aggression of Russia.

The interlocutors also managed to talk about the economic situation in Ukraine and the possibility of increasing the macro-financial assistance from the EU.

Rutte assured Ukraine of his support and called for the unity of the EU in this issue.