The Ambassador told the Minister about losses from Russia’s occupation of Crimea and territories of Donbas. The Ambassador also drew attention to the trends of rehabilitation of the Ukrainian economy and gradual growth of economic indicators due to reforms and shared some plans of further economic development. Yevgen Perebyinis stressed that the Ukraine – EU FTA is a good mechanism of boosting bilateral trade turnover.

The Latvian Minister was pleased to note the united policy of the EU in imposing sanctions against Russia, despite rare attempts of some EU member-states to debate on their decrease or cancel. He reiterated the Latvian stance that sanctions should be prolonged until the Minsk Agreements are fully implemented.