President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis on August 24, will make a joint statement for the media following the results of the joint talks.
The ceremony of meeting between Poroshenko and Mattis near the building of the presidential administration of Ukraine is scheduled for 12:00 a.m. (Kyiv time), and at 12:50 p.m. the president of Ukraine and the U.S. defense secretary will make a statement for the media, the presidential official website said.
As it is known, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis will visit Kyiv on August 23-24, where he intends, in particular, to meet with Poroshenko and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak. Together with the head of the U.S. Defense Department, the capital of Ukraine will host U.S. Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker, who also intends to hold meetings with high-ranking Ukrainian officials.
