Poroshenko not yet scheduled to meet with Obama during visit to U.S.

Poroshenko not yet scheduled to meet with Obama during visit to U.S. – Ukrainian Foreign Ministry

KYIV. March 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is not yet scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to the United States, Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko has said.

"So far, there are no plans to hold a meeting," Prystaiko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.

This information is not final, and Ukraine hopes that a meeting will take place, he added.

"Indeed, we would want this meeting, because it would not be just symbolic in a traditional sense of this word. I believe that Ukraine, which has been at the cutting edge of the fight between democracy and what we abandoned in the past, deserves this meeting," the deputy minister said.

Interfax-Ukraine has learned that Poroshenko may briefly meet Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit.

The presidential press service reported earlier that the Ukrainian president would pay a working visit to the United States on March 30 - April 2. Poroshenko is due to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC at the invitation of Obama. "The visit includes negotiations between the chief of state and the administration of the United States of America and bilateral meetings with heads of state and government to be participating in the summit," the report said.