U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has commended the appointment of Yuriy Lutsenko to the post of prosecutor general of Ukraine, the press service of Ukraine's president reported.

The U.S. vice president said this during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the report reads.

Biden also reiterated the United States willingness to provide support to Ukraine in the prosecutor's office reform and in the fight against corruption. He noted the importance of legislative amendments on the establishment of general inspection in the Prosecutor General's Office.

As reported, former interior minister Yuriy Lutsenko was appointed prosecutor general on May 12.