Ukrainian President thanks Nazarbayev for visiting Kiev

"I would like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to you for coming here. I am strongly convinced that such pause in dialogue between the leaders of the two friendly nations is inadmissible. I believe that we cannot waste the vast potential that we [Ukraine and Kazakhstan] have in economic, political, military and cultural spheres. We have a lot to discuss and need to create an intergovernmental commission to eliminate all types of barriers between our countries," Petro Poroshenko said at the bilateral meeting in Kiev. President Poroshenko thanked Nursultan Nazarbayev for his stern stance on Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. The Ukrainian President also stressed that all agreements reached in Minsk are observed and Ukraine appreciates it.