KIEV, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday has reaffirmed his commitment to settling the conflict in eastern Ukraine through the implementation of the Minsk Peace Agreement, the presidential press service said.
Poroshenko made the remarks during his meeting with the visiting Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, said a statement on the presidential website.
Poroshenko said that Kiev's policy is aimed at returning the territories that fell beyond the government control via the peaceful means despite the recent escalation of the tensions in the restive region, according to the statement.
The situation in eastern Ukraine has aggravated earlier this month after pro-independence insurgents took over the Kiev-controlled businesses operating in rebel-held areas in the wake of a railway blockade of the region.
The Minsk agreement, which, among other things, envisages a comprehensive ceasefire and a withdrawal of heavy weapons from the frontline, is aimed at peacefully ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine, which has claimed the lives of some 10,000 people since April 2014.
