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U.S. President Donald Trump has given instructions to expand cooperation with Ukraine in the defense industry, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.

“Our cooperation in the military and technical sector was emphasized separately. We’re going to discuss it in greater detail with U.S. Secretary of Defense [James] Mattis now, but the president gave clear instructions to expand our cooperation,” Poroshenko said following negotiations with Trump at the White House in Washington on June 20.