Poroshenko says happy with results of his visit to U.S

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has described his visit to Washington as historical and told about important results it has brought.

"It is no coincidence that the U.S. made public the new anti-Russian sanctions and the extension of the old ones during the visit by the Ukrainian delegation. It is no coincidence that we discussed the issues of the sanctions that were voted for in the Senate. We discussed them both in the Congress and the [U.S. Presidential] Administration," Poroshenko said in an interview with Ukrainian television channels that was broadcast on Sunday.

First and foremost, the Ukrainian side is interested in the sanctions related to Nord Stream 2, Poroshenko said.

"This threat behind which is Russia is extremely serious for Ukraine. The goal of this has nothing to do with either economy or energy. The goal is stripping Ukraine of two billion dollars, which we receive [in payments] for transit. This is a revenge for Stockholm, a revenge for the decisive reforms in the anticorruption field and the U.S. has demonstrated to us the full support enshrined in the decision adopted during the visit by the Ukrainian delegation," Poroshenko said.

Poroshenko also highlighted the strategy towards Ukraine that the World Bank had adopted. "This is a direct strategy to support reform and all its instruments are in the hands of the World Bank today. This is a plan of reform revised with the participation of the IMF [International Monetary Fund], which has been full satisfied with the speed of the reform and decisiveness of our team in their implementation," he said.

Also, Poroshenko described all the talks that the Ukrainian delegation and members of the new U.S. leadership had as efficient.

As reported earlier, Poroshenko visited Washington on June 19-20.