NEW YORK, Sept. 20 – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Democratic Party's presidential candidate, for backing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state.

"This meeting is very important for me. I am grateful for your definitive stance in support of Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence and the reforms which have been on for the past two years," Poroshenko told Clinton in New York.