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On 12 December, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived in Brussels to negotiate with European leaders on the eve of the EU summit.
According to the press service of the Head of State, he announced that extremely important decisions would be taken during the events
He met with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, with whom he discussed the problem of Russia's aggressive actions in the Black and Azov Seas.
"They spoke of the importance of strengthening the assistance provided by the European Union to the Ukraine Priazov, which is suffering from the blockade imposed by the Russian Federation, has submitted to the institutions and EU Member States a list of humanitarian and infrastructural measures, projects that could support European partners ", – have said the first results of Poroshenko on Twitter.
He also called on European leaders to condemn Russian aggression, to demand the restoration of freedom of navigation, the immediate and unconditional release of 24 Oryakiv and 3 ships. Tosu, the president handed over the lists of people and vessels of the Russian Federation involved in the act of aggression.
"The lack of progress of Russia the implementation of Minsk agreements stipulates that the European Council must approve the political decision to extend EU economic and sectoral sanctions against Russia after 31 January 2019. agreed to intensify cooperation to fight external interference in the electoral process in Ukraine and Europe Union in 2019, "added the head of the Ukrainian state.
Z @eucopresident agreed to intensify the interaction to counter external interference in the electoral process in Ukraine and the European Union in 2019. spike .twitter.com/kGBVD9klFd
– Petro Poroshenko (@poroshenko) 12 December 2018
Before traveling to Brussels, Poroshenko said that he was firmly willing to provide convincing arguments in favor extension of sanctions against Russia. The main objective of the president was to convince the European Union to take into account the Azov package.
According to him, the position on the responsibility of Russia and the determination of its actions as an act of aggression and attempt to occupy the sea of Azov and Strait from Kerch should be reflected.
"We must now make the most of what depends on us On the one hand, to significantly strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on the other hand, to strengthen international solidarity around Ukraine the fact that the aggressor clearly understood that more the aggression would be aggressive, the greater the responsibility would be great and, furthermore, the Russian Federation, as an aggressor country, would pay for acts of aggression absolutely irresponsible towards our State ", he said. declared. "Russia will pay": Poroshenko on the first major decisions of the EU concerning Ukraine "data-src =" https://i.obozrevatel.com/gallery/2018/12/12/100d5ea90c150caafbb753dda13384231544629202wysiwyg. jpeg? size = 630×2000 "data-wide-src =" https://i.obozrevatel.com/gallery/2018/12/12/100d5ea90c150caafbb753dda13384231544629202wysiwyg.jpeg "data-height =" 1024 "data-width =" 683 "style = "height: 938px; width: 626px; "/>
Press Service of the President of Ukraine