Putin, Nazarbayev and Lukashenko discuss Ukraine 17 августа 2014, 14:02

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko have had a telephone conversation, Tengrinews reports citing press-service of Kremlin.

The Presidents expressed a great concern over the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the southeast of Ukraine. Nursultan Nazarbayev and Alexander Lukashenko supported the measures undertaken by Russia, other countries and international organizations to help civilians in the conflict zone in Ukraine.

The heads also touched upon the joint actions within the framework of the Customs Union in connection to the Russian sanctions imposed on certain types of agricultural products, raw materials and food products imported from a number of western countries.

By Assel Satubaldina