HELSINKI, August 16, /ITAR-TASS/. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Saturday there were better chances to resolve the Ukrainian crisis now than in a long time before.

After talks with Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko in Kiev this week, Niinisto said he had come to the conclusion that it was the time to settle the situation, the Yle television company reported.

Niinisto believes that the probability of ending the crisis in Ukraine now is higher than in a long time before.

He said Finland was ready to do its best to facilitate this process.