Poroshenko, Putin discuss political prisoners and UN peacekeepers in phone conversation

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has held a telephone conversation with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, during which he called for the release of Ukrainian political prisoners.

This is reported by the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state.

"The head of the Ukrainian state called for the release of Ukrainian hostages held in Russian prisons and in occupied territories. He also stressed the importance of access of Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova to Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian political prisoners," the report reads.

Poroshenko stressed the need for Russia to implement the security part of the Minsk agreements.

The president also noted the importance of intensifying work in the "Normandy format" with the aim of coordinating the concept of deploying the UN peacekeeping mission in the occupied part of Donbas as an important tool in the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

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