Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday evening, Nov. 25 had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the presidential press service has reported.
“Ban Ki-moon said that today the whole world is on the side of Ukraine. The UN will make further efforts to ensure that the Minsk agreements are implemented by all parties in order to de-escalate the situation in Donbas, the secretary general said,” the press service reported, following the negotiations between Poroshenko and Ban.
The UN secretary general also expressed concern about the threat of failure of efforts for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Donbas and said that all provisions of the Minsk agreements should be fulfilled to avoid further escalation.
Poroshenko, in turn, thanked Ban for international support for Ukraine, which is consolidated by the UN and its institutions, in particular, the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council.
Poroshenko also thanked Ban for his clear and unambiguous position regarding the illegitimacy of the so-called “elections” held in some parts of Donbas on Nov. 2, and the damage they caused to the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
“Your statements in this regard gave a correct and timely signal to the world, in particular, to the UN Security Council on the eve of its extraordinary meeting on the situation in Ukraine on Nov. 12,” he said.
