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THE HAGUE - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has said that the Netherlands supports the extension of EU sanctions against Russia due to Moscow's failure to follow the Minsk agreements.

“I got clear confirmation that the sanctions will continue in the situation where Russia does not observe the Minsk agreements,” Poroshenko said after talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Hague on Nov. 26.