G7: Obama to Hold Talks with Ukraine's President-Elect

G7: Obama to Hold Talks with Ukraine's President-Elect

Warsaw, June 04 (QNA) – US President Barack Obama is to discuss economic support for Ukraine when he meets President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw.

Obama has said he will offer US support as Kiev tries to settle a gas bill with Russian supplier Gazprom or risk a cut in supply, according to the (BBC).

Ukraine’s struggling economy has been in recession since the middle of 2012.

Obama is in Poland for celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the end of communism there.

Obama is on a three-country visit to Europe that takes him next to Belgium for a meeting of the G7 major industrial nations and then to France for D-Day commemorations. 

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