Vice
President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko about the situation in the Donbas, Ukrainian political and
economic reforms, and implementation
of the Minsk agreements. The Vice President congratulated President
Poroshenko on reaching agreement with Ukraine’s commercial creditors on
debt restructuring, and welcomed news of an agreement among several
pro-reform political forces to run a common slate
of candidates in Ukraine’s local elections this October. The Vice
President also emphasized the United States’ strong support for
constitutional amendments proposed by President Poroshenko and Ukraine’s
Constitutional Commission that will allow for meaningful
decentralization of power in keeping with the relevant provisions of
the Minsk agreements while preserving Ukraine’s unitary state
structure. The two leaders discussed the situation in the eastern part
of the country and condemned the escalation of attacks
by combined Russian-separatist forces, to include attacks on OSCE
monitors. The Vice President also strongly criticized statements by
separatist leaders indicating their intention to take additional
territory and hold local elections outside of the Ukrainian
legal framework in direct contravention of the Minsk agreements of
September 2014 and February 2015.
Source: The White House Press Office
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