President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in an interview with the Ukrainian TV channels Sunday called the conditions required to hold local elections in Donbas region, among them the implementation of the security component of Minsk agreements and the adoption of a relevant law by the Verkhovna Rada.
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UNIAN: Poroshenko names conditions for Donbas elections
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (back, R) hosts Russian President Vladimir Putin (5th L), French President Francois Hollande (L) and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (front, 2ndR) during talks for peace in eastern Ukraine at the chancellery on October 19, 2016 in Berlin.
Merkel said the talks, the first four-way summit for a year, were aimed at "offering a brutally honest assessment" of progress on implementing the frayed Minsk peace accords for Ukraine. (AFP)
