Ukraine's Deputy Premier Nemyria addresses Brookings Institution

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In frames of his official visit to the United States, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and International Integration Hryhoriy Nemyria delivered a report at the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings.

In a report entitled : 'The current political and economic developments in Ukraine', Nemyria focused on the burning issues of relations development between Ukraine and Russia, political situation in Ukraine in the run-up to a presidential election, the government measures to overcome the effects of the global financial and economic turmoil. The Ukrainian official also held a number of meetings with representatives of the US National Security Council, US Senator, Co-chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Richard Lugar to discuss the implementation of the Ukraine-US Charter on Strategic Partnership and development of bilateral relations for 2009.

Apart from this, the parties dwelt on the issues of support for Ukraine in the context of the fulfillment of its commitments in frames of the agreements with the IMF and ways of overcoming the aftermath of the global economic downturn by the Ukrainian and US governments. H. Nemyria has been on a working visit to the US since April 21, where he leads a Ukrainian delegation at the spring meeting of the IMF and World Bank Boards.