Interfax-Ukraine
November 19, 2014
Biden to visit Ukraine, to hold talks with Poroshenko, Yatseniuk
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will visit Ukraine on November 20-21, the U.S. embassy to Kyiv reported.
A statement available on the embassy website says that Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on November 21.
“In these meetings, the Vice President will convey his congratulations for Ukraine’s successful democratic elections while also noting the need to quickly move ahead with forming a new government. The Vice President will also discuss Russia’s ongoing violations of the September 5th Minsk agreement,” it said.
Before departing the country, Biden will take part in an anti-corruption roundtable with Verkhovna Rada and civil society members “to discuss the challenges of fighting corruption in Ukraine,” it said.
The vice president’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden, will visit a local Adventist Development and Relief Agency (“ADRA”) site, where she will meet with internally displaced persons. “Then, she will drop by and deliver brief remarks at a Humanitarian Assistance Working Group meeting,” it said.
Jill Biden and First Lady of Ukraine Maryna Poroshenko also plan to visit wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a military hospital in Kyiv.
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Interfax-Ukraine
November 19, 2014
Biden to signal U.S. support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity – Pyatt
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, during his visit to Ukraine, will give a signal to the Ukrainian authorities on continuing U.S. support for the Ukrainian authorities and the territorial integrity of Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt has said.
He told reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday that Biden would focus on a decisive signal on continuing to express U.S. support for the Ukrainian people, the president and the Ukrainian government.
Pyatt said that Biden’s visit would also be dedicated to cases of the constant violation by Russia of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the holding by the Ukrainian authorities of economic reform and the fight against corruption.
As reported, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden will visit Ukraine on November 20-21. He will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk on November 21. Biden will also take part in an anti-corruption roundtable with Verkhovna Rada and civil society members to discuss the challenges of fighting corruption in Ukraine.
The U.S. Department of State reported that Biden, during his trip to Kyiv and Istanbul on November 20-23, would be accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.
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