Putin – Merkel: Russia is preparing new supplies of humanitarian aid to Donbass
Moscow, August 27 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.
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According to the press service of the Russian President, Putin informed about the results of the meeting of the heads of state of the Customs Union with the President of Ukraine and representatives of the EU on issues related to the consequences of the association agreement signed by Ukraine with the EU.
“Angela Merkel supported the agreement reached on holding intensive negotiations on this matter between experts from Russia, Ukraine and the Commission of the European Communities,” says a message posted on the website of the Russian head of state.
“The leaders of both countries emphasized the importance of continuing international efforts to facilitate the de-escalation of the internal Ukrainian conflict, including through the Contact Group, which should resume its work in the very near future. The relevance of contacts on the issue of gas transit to Europe through Ukrainian territory was also noted,” the Kremlin noted.
The Russian President also announced the Russian side’s intention to provide new supplies of humanitarian aid to the population of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions.
Let us recall that earlier the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that there are reasons to “expect that technical and logistics solutions will be found for the next humanitarian cargo of the Russian Federation.” In turn, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that the decision on the advisability of sending a second convoy with Russian humanitarian aid to Donbass should be preceded by consultations with the participation of representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the tripartite contact group and the OSCE.
As Navigator reported, earlier in Kyiv they said that on August 22, a humanitarian convoy from Russia illegally crossed the border with Ukraine.
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