Poroshenko thanks US for sanctions against Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thanked the United States for its recent restriction of investment and trade with Crimea, the White House said early Monday, according to Sputnik.
“President Poroshenko thanked the United States for enacting additional restrictions on trade and investment with entities in Crimea, and for the President's signing of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014,” the White House said in a readout of Poroshenko’s phone conversation with US Vice President Joe Biden.
The politicians also discussed the situation in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the Minsk peace negotiations and possible diplomatic solutions to the Ukrainian crisis, according to the White House.
In addition, Biden and Poroshenko noted “progress in assembling a new package of international financial assistance to support Ukraine as it moves forward with its reform program.”