President Held a Telephone Conversation with Merkel

The parties discussed ways of further intensification of the peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbas region. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel the press service of the Ukrainian head of state reports on Tuesday, July 16. The parties discussed ways of further intensification of the peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbas region. Merkel and Zelensky positively assessed the results of the recent meeting of Diplomatic Advisors within the Normandy format in Paris. “The President of Ukraine and the Federal Chancellor of Germany stressed the need to achieve progress in the near future in the release of Ukrainian hostages and political prisoners, as well as the completion of the process for the separation of forces and assets Stanytsia Luhanska, in particular by dismantling fortifications and demining”, the press service reports. Volodymyr Zelensky and Angela Merkel also discussed the issue of further transit of gas through the territory of Ukraine. Particular attention was paid to discussing the prospect of bilateral investment projects. Korrespondent.net