Merkel to visit Kyiv on Nov. 1

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Kyiv on Thursday, November 1, and will discuss with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the Minsk agreements among other things, deputy spokesperson for the German government Ulrike Demmer told reporters, Kyiv Post reported.

“Bilateral relations will be at the center of negotiations,” Demmer told reporters in Berlin on Friday.

Politicians will also discuss the situation in the conflict zone in the east of Ukraine and the “progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements.”