Batkivschyna party leader Yulia Tymoshenko has discussed the Ukraine situation with Victoria Nuland, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, and has urged the United States and the United Kingdom to join the negotiating process, during her working visit to the U.S.

The Minsk agreements were necessary, but that was not enough to restore peace in Ukraine, the Batkivschyna party press service has quoted Tymoshenko as saying. She asked the United States and the UK to join the negotiators as the guarantors of the Budapest memorandum.

The meeting also highlighted Ukrainian reforms, including reforms of the judiciary and law enforcement agencies, and the fight against corruption.