The territories of Donbass, the Donetsk and Lugansk People´s Republics agreed to postpone their local elections until 2016. Before elections in those regions can take place, Ukrainian authorities must fulfill all their obligations under the Minsk agreement.
“We enjoy full support from the United States regarding the implementation of the Minsk process. We agreed to coordinate actions in order to ensure the ceasefire and provide access to the border and heavy weapons storage facilities for the OSCE SMM [Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission],” Poroshenko said as quoted on the official presidential website on Thursday.
According to the statement posted on the website, Poroshenko and Biden paid special attention to the issue of reforms in Ukraine and agreed that there is no alternative to the Minsk peace process.
“Also, the parties coordinated actions to intensify political process including the elaboration of the modalities of elections in the occupied territories under the Ukrainian legislation with broad participation of the international observers.”
