Pompeo, Ukraine Foreign Minister Agree To Further Boost Kiev Energy Sector - State Dept.
Faizan Hashmi Published November 17, 2018 | 06:00 AM
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th November, 2018) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin during talks agreed to extend joint efforts to reform Kiev's energy economy, the State Department said in a press release.
"Both sides intend to continue work together aimed at developing and reforming Ukraine's energy sector to enhance Ukraine's economy and security," the release said on Friday.
Pompeo and Klimkin also agreed to create a bilateral working group on Economy and Energy to meet regularly to discuss areas of mutual concern and advance joint objectives, the release added.
Earlier, during a joint presser alongside Klimkin in Washington Pompeo said the United States and the Kiev government would also cooperate to try and block Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
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