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Poroshenko Considers Cutting Cargo Ties With Crimea

© AP Photo / Mykhailo MarkivUkraine's President Petro Poroshenko addresses to the nation in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko addresses to the nation in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Petro Poroshenko wants the cabinet to consider terminating cargo traffic with Crimea, the presidents's press service said Monday.

An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea, Ukraine, September 20, 2015 - Sputnik International
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KIEV (Sputnik) — Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country's cabinet to consider terminating cargo traffic to and from Crimea, his press service said Monday.

"The president of Ukraine has addressed a letter to the prime minister of Ukraine, suggesting to urgently establish a working group for a comprehensive analyses of the issue of terminating cargo traffic and terminating trade with the the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (in both directions)," a statement on Poroshenko's official website reads.

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