Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Berlin's initiative, the Kremlin press service reported on Monday evening, Sep. 15.
Putin and Merkel welcomed a deal reached at a ministerial meeting of
Russia, the European Union and Ukraine in Brussels on Sep. 12 to
postpone the enforcement of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement until
Jan. 1, 2016.
The sides, however, reiterated the need to continue joint work aimed
at further specifying all details of this decision, the press service
said.
The Russian and German leaders also exchanged opinions on the
situation concerning Russian natural gas exports to EU member states and
agreed to continue trilateral consultations on this matter.
Putin and Merkel reaffirmed the importance for the sides in the
Ukrainian domestic conflict to strictly observe the ceasefire,
reiterating the need for ceasefire effective monitoring by the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Kremlin press
service said.
