Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk during his meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Kyiv discussed the implementation of the Minsk agreements, the ways to overcome the Russian aggression and the United States' assistance in these maters, the press service of the Ukrainian Cabinet reported.
“The key topics of discussion were the issues of overcoming the Russian aggression, the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, the implementation of economic reforms and the fight against corruption, as well as the assistance from the United States in these processes,” the government said in a statement.
In addition, Yatseniuk and Nuland discussed the progress of the implementation of the program of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, as well as the preparations to apply a free trade area agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on Jan. 1, 2016.
Another topic addressed on May 14 was cooperation in investigating transfers of former Ukrainian officials’ illegally acquired assets abroad.
