KYIV. Sept 4 (Interfax) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has welcomed the Russian readiness to implement the peace plan for eastern Ukraine and hopes the plan will lay the foundation of September 5 consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group.
"President Poroshenko told the German Chancellor he hoped the joint action plan could be the foundation of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group, which would convene in Minsk on September 5," the Ukrainian president's press service said following his telephone consultations with German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Poroshenko added he expected all sides would implement the proposals concerning the ceasefire regime in the east.
"President Poroshenko believes that the action plan should contain mutual commitments regarding the bilateral ceasefire regime, its monitoring and verification by the OSCE, the pullout of all foreign forces from the Ukrainian territory, the creation of a buffer border zone and the release of all hostages," the press service said.
In addition, Poroshenko and Merkel coordinated their positions in view of the NATO summit in Newport, Wales, on September 4-5.