The president said he had discussed with the leaders of Germany and France the issue of having the occupied peninsula returned under Ukraine's control.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko calls on his country's European partners to introduce a new set of sanctions for organizing and holding the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea on March 18, on the anniversary of the illegal annexation of the peninsula by Russia.
"Sanctions have been thoroughly discussed," the head of the Ukrainian state told journalists following tripartite negotiations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron held in German Aachen Thursday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
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Also, the president said he had discussed with the leaders of Germany and France the issue of having the occupied Crimea returned to Ukraine.
"Obviously, we talked about de-occupation [of the Crimean peninsula] and introduction of sanctions for the illegal holding of elections," the head of state added.
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