President of Ukraine

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine met with the US Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine

8 April 2020 - 18:18

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak met with US Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine Kristina Kvien.

The key attention was paid to counteracting the coronavirus pandemic. Andriy Yermak expressed his condolences to the US over the major death toll caused by the virus.

The parties discussed the recent phone conversation between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. They noted the constructive nature of this conversation and coordinated further steps to implement the agreements reached.

The Head of the President's Office informed the American diplomat of the situation in Donbas and the state of negotiations on the settlement of the conflict.

The issues of Ukraine's cooperation with the IMF were also discussed. Andriy Yermak informed that the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada would be held shortly, in the course of which the necessary laws should be adopted to start implementing the new program of cooperation with the Fund.

In addition, Andriy Yermak and Kristina Kvien discussed the development of Ukrainian-American cooperation in trade, economic and other spheres.