U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Ukraine for a visit aimed at pushing the Kyiv government toward continued reforms, while seeking to reassure it that war in Syria has not diminished Washington’s support for Ukraine’s pro-Western ambitions.
Biden arrived in Kyiv early Monday local time, and is set to meet with President Petro Poroshenko later in the day, before a highly anticipated address to the Ukraine parliament Tuesday.
During the two-day visit – Biden’s fifth since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in early 2014 – he is expected to review Ukraine’s recent anti-corruption efforts, including tax reforms, ahead of formal U.S. …read more
Source: Voice of America
