KIEV, July 9 – President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday phoned German MEP Elmar Brok and congratulated him on his re-election to the post of the chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Poroshenko expressed the hope that the re-election of Brok would enhance the EU's international efforts aimed at strengthening peace and democracy, as well as facilitate the development of relations between Ukraine and the EU, the Ukrainian president's press service reported.