MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, discussed further steps for establishment of the UN international mission in Donbass, Poroshenko’s press service said Saturday.
"The parties expressed satisfaction over the implementation of the agreements reached between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States [Poroshenko and Donald Trump] during their meeting in New York. The interlocutors coordinated further steps for deployment of the international UN mission on the occupied part of Donbass, including the uncontrolled part of the Russian-Ukrainian border," the statement of the press service said.
In early September, Russian President Vladimir Putin also expressed support for the idea, but insisted that the mission should only work on ensuring the security of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe observer staff, with the peacekeepers only placed on the contact line between the warring parties. Kiev, in its turn, condemned Moscow’s proposal, stating that it misrepresented Ukraine's initial project.
