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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that he will visit the U.S. in the near future, and Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimko will hold talks on the preparation of this visit in Washington.

“We have agreed [in a telephone conversation with President of the U.S. Donald Trump], that my visit will take place to the U.S. in the near future. We have also agreed that Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimko will visit Washington and conduct the necessary negotiations about it for the technical preparation of this visit,” Poroshenko said during a joint briefing with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Kyiv on Feb. 9.