Information about the meeting of US President Joe Biden and the ministers of Ukraine

During the meeting, Biden sat at a table with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, across from Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. The meeting took place at the Marriott hotel in central Warsaw. This is the first direct contact between the US President and the ministers of Ukraine since Russia launched a special military operation in the country on February 24.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov also announced that he and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attended the first joint meeting with his American counterparts. Sharing on Twitter, Mr. Reznikov said that the two sides discussed current issues and directions of cooperation in the political and defense fields between Ukraine and the US.

For his part, Ukraine’s foreign minister said that the country has received additional security commitments from the US on the development of defense cooperation. This is also the rare foreign trip of Ukraine’s ministers since February 24.

The US President is visiting Poland during his European tour. Earlier, Mr. Biden traveled to Brussels (Belgium) to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, to meet with European Union (EU) leaders to discuss response measures. before the Ukraine crisis. This is the second working day and also the last day of Mr. Biden’s visit to Poland during this trip.