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Obama Hopes to Have Minsk Deal on Ukraine Done Before Presidential Term Expires

© REUTERS / Carlo AllegriU.S. President Barack Obama sits after addressing the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 20, 2016.
U.S. President Barack Obama sits after addressing the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 20, 2016. - Sputnik International
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Obama would like to see the Minsk Agreements on Ukraine implemented before his presidential term ends.

LIMA (Sputnik) — US Barack Obama would like to see the Minsk Agreements on Ukraine implemented before his presidential term ends, he told reporters on Sunday in Lima.

"We talked [with Russian President Vladimir Putin] about Ukraine and the need to get the agreements done. I urged him to instruct his negotiators to work with ourselves, France, Germany, Ukraine to see if we can get that done before my term is over," Obama said.

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