KIEV, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and visiting Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Thomas Greminger met on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine's conflict-hit eastern region of Donbas, the presidential press service said.
During the talks, Poroshenko and Greminger exchanged their views on the activities of the OSCE special monitoring mission deployed in the restive region and discussed the possibility to strengthen the mission, said a statement.
Besides, the parties coordinated their positions regarding a possible deployment of the UN peacekeeping troops in eastern Ukraine, it said.
Currently, more than 700 unarmed OSCE observers are deployed in Ukraine, with the majority of them monitoring the ceasefire between government troops and pro-independence insurgents in Donbas, where armed conflict has been underway since April 2014.
The OSCE chief arrived in Kiev earlier in the day for a two-day visit, his first visit to Ukraine since assuming office in July, 2017.
