Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda have discussed the issue of deployment of the UN peacekeeping mission in the occupied part of Donbas, as well as non-observance of human rights in Crimea occupied by Russia.
The meeting with Duda took place as part of Poroshenko’s working visit to New York (U.S.), the president’s press service reported on September 19.
“Considerable attention was paid to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, as well as developments in Donbas and the situation with human rights in the occupied Crimea. The presidents also discussed the deployment of the UN peacekeeping mission in the occupied part of Donbas,” the report said.
They also noted that during the meeting of the two presidents, the further development of the political dialogue at the highest level between Ukraine and Poland was discussed, as well as the cooperation in the field of energy security and cross-border cooperation.
The issues of strengthening cooperation between the defense departments of the two countries were also considered, in particular in the context of the Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad 2017.
The preparations for Duda’s visit to Ukraine later this year were discussed separately.
