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Iohannis will visit Kiev in a couple of days
Romania understands the higher danger of the armed conflict in its neighbourhood and is getting involved in its solution, President Klaus Iohannis declared in a press conference in Brussels on Thursday night; he announced he will visit Kiev in a couple of days.
'We agreed to enhance the bilateral cooperation; we share interests of security in our region,' Iohannis said after meeting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
It was the first participation of Iohannis in the European Council; he qualified the context as very complicated.
'I have hailed the decision of the two leaders, Mrs. Angela Merkel - Chancellor of Germany, and Francois Hollande - President of France; they were with the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a not-very-easy negotiation; they assumed a difficult mission,' Iohannis added.
He stressed the only solution to the Ukrainian crisis was political, based on dialogue and aiming at stopping the bloodshed.
'We have renewed hope that respecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine would become a priority for all the participants in these negotiations - which so far has not been the case for the Russian Federation. Now we all saw the text of the new agreement; we look at the understanding with trust, but we are aware that tensions and sensitive points persist, which we cannot solve without political will and without staying united,' the head of state added.
The President also mentioned that most of the topics agreed on Thursday were already included in the September memorandum of Minsk.
'From this perspective, we cannot afford deluding ourselves everything is now settled. If the decisions are not observed, we are determined to discuss the introduction of new sanctions,' he pointed out.
Iohannis mentioned his meeting with Poroshenko, a dialogue he qualified as necessary and wanted by both of them.