Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he intends to demand a real ceasefire in Donbas at the negotiations between the leaders of the 'Normandy four' countries scheduled for July 24 and intends to demand stronger sanctions if the decisions achieved are not implemented.
"Phone conversations in the 'Normandy format' will take place on July 24 and I will seek a real ceasefire on the entire contact line. If the decisions made by the G7 in Italy are not implemented, I will also [demand] stronger sanctions," Poroshenko said in a joint statement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian president said no one will just look on as the Minsk Agreements are being massively violated."The Minsk Agreements, which are in UN Security Council and UN General Assembly resolutions and international documents, and which I am confident will be included in diplomacy textbooks, are now the common and only document on the de-escalation of the conflict and de-occupation of the Ukrainian territories, including withdrawal of foreign troops, restoration of control over the uncontrolled part of the Ukrainian-Russian border, withdrawal of heavy artillery, and ensuring unimpeded work of the OSCE SMM," Poroshenko said.
