11:40 21.09.2015

Biden denies media reports on warning Ukrainian authorities, believes leadership is making progress against corruption

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Biden denies media reports on warning Ukrainian authorities, believes leadership is making progress against corruption

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk are making considerable progress in fighting corruption in Ukraine, and the U.S. will continue cooperating with the Ukrainian authorities as a part of the ongoing reforms in the country, Special Advisor to the Vice President for Europe and Eurasia Michael Carpenter has said.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and the White House have many times pointed out the importance of efforts to fight corruption in Ukraine as part of economic and political reforms, and President Poroshenko and Prime Minister Yatseniuk have made considerable progress, Deputy Press Secretary of the White House Stephen Spector said.

He denied media reports that Biden had allegedly sent a specific warning to the Ukrainian president and prime minister due to the fight against corruption in Ukraine being ineffective.

Despite some media reports, the recent statements attributed to the advisor of the vice president on a special warning to the Ukrainian authorities are false, and there were no statements against specific persons, Spector said.

We continue working with the Ukrainian government to support their economic and political reforms, as well as the security of the country, Spector said.

Earlier, some media reports stated that Biden is frustrated with the scale of corruption in Ukraine and the lack of progress in tackling the issue.

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