France: Poroshenko and Hollande agree to bolster OSCE

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his French counterpart Francois Hollande agreed to deploy "all efforts" to reinforce the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring group in Ukraine, during a joint presser at the Presidential Palace in Paris, Wednesday. Poroshenko was received with full military honours at the palace before taking to the stage with his French counterpart. The Ukrainian leader stated that there was no alternative path than the application of the Minsk agreement, saying that it was the only way to reestablish peace in eastern Ukraine. Although the Minsk agreements have been successfully enforced in many areas of eastern Ukraine, the ceasefire continues to be broken in several parts of the country.