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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a telephone conversation coordinated their positions in the context of preparations for the G20 summit in Hamburg, in particular, the meeting of the leaders of Germany and France with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The two discussed the situation in Donbas and coordinated the position on the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the press service of the president of Ukraine reported.

“Angela Merkel assured Petro Poroshenko that during the meeting Ukraine’s fate won’t be decided without Kyiv,” the report reads.