Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Tuesday, Oct. 28 held a meeting with U.S. Senator and Deputy Head of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee James Inhofe during which the sides discussed energy security and the strengthening of military cooperation, the Ukrainian government's press service has reported.
During the meeting Yatsenyuk noted common positions of the European Commission and the Ukrainian government in talks on the parameters of natural gas supplies from Russia.
He said that Ukraine would continue to make efforts to diversify energy supply sources to reduce its dependence on Russia. Yatsenyuk also stressed the need for concrete steps by Russia to de-escalate the situation in the east of Ukraine in accordance with the Minsk agreements.
Inhofe also held a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin during which the sides discussed the political situation in Ukraine, the prospects for the development of bilateral relations and the expansion of U.S. assistance to Ukraine.
According to the press center of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, special attention was paid to the strengthening of Ukraine’s energy security, in particular, through liquefied natural gas supplies from the United States.
