Poroshenko rejects change of territorial lines enshrined in Minsk pact


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  • Sunday, 08 Feb 2015

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as French President Francois Hollande looks on during a meeting on resolving the Ukraine crisis at the Kremlin in Moscow February 6, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

MUNICH (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday he could not accept any changes to the so-called "demarcation lines" laid out in the Minsk peace agreement with pro-Russian separatists.

"The Minsk protocol is not a buffet in the Bayerischer Hof hotel," Poroshenko said, referring to the location of the Munich security conference where he was speaking.

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