KIEV, Sept. 29 – President Petro Poroshenko at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker discussed the strengthening of relations between the two countries.

"The President noted the importance of the visit of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the period when the relations between Ukraine and the United States had become even closer. He expressed hope that the given visit would provide practical saturation to a series of agreements reached with President Obama in the course of the visit of Petro Poroshenko to the United States on September 17-18, 2014. In particular, the Head of State underlined the importance of enhancing relations in the sphere of energy and bilateral trade, as well as the coordination of efforts in cooperation with the IMF and the World Bank," the press service of the Ukrainian president reported.