KYIV, Oct 30 – President Petro Poroshenko will hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 1 as part of her visit to Ukraine, the presidential press service reported.

"Important attention during the talks will be paid to the situation in Donbas, in the occupied Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait. The leaders will coordinate further joint steps to ensure the implementation of the Minsk agreements and strengthen the international coalition as part of countering ongoing Russian aggression," the report says.