President of the European Council Donald Tusk has highly assessed the Ukrainian Cabinet's performance in the first 100 days and assured Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman that the leadership of the EU institutions fully support Ukraine on the path of reforms.

Tusk and Groysman met in Brussels on Tuesday, the sides discussed urgent matters on the Ukraine-EU agenda, the information and PR department of the Cabinet's Secretariat reported on Tuesday.

Groysman called on Tusk to get involved in decision-making on the introduction of visa-free travel for Ukraine in the near future and the completion of the ratification of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and the signing of an agreement on a common aviation area between Ukraine and the EU.

"Ukraine has fulfilled all the necessary criteria for visa regime liberalization," the Ukrainian prime minister said.

The parties also discussed the situation in the east of Ukraine. Groysman told Tusk that Ukraine was abiding by the Minsk agreement.

In this context, the Ukrainian prime minister thanked the EU for the decision taken on July 1, 2016, to extend anti-Russian sanctions over Ukraine until January 31, 2017.

"The sanctions against Russia are effective. They should be maintained until the full implementation by the Russian Federation of the commitments foreseen in the Minsk accords," Groysman said.