Poroshenko has met with Prime-Minister of Australia
During the state visit to Australia on December 11, 2014, President Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with Prime-Minister of Australia Tony Abbot, the presidential press-office reports.
President of Ukraine and Prime-Minister of Australia discussed a set of questions, in particular, those related to the energy sector. “We’ve reached an agreement to start cooperation in the energy sphere. We’ve discussed the possibility of buying uranium from Australia for our nuclear plants”, – said the President of Ukraine. In addition, the parties have agreed on working out the solution so that to make it possible to supply Australian coal to Ukraine in the near future. “As regards probable supplies of coal and uranium to Ukraine, Australia has energy surplus. And energy security is of great importance to Ukraine. This is a good chance for both Australia and Ukraine”, – said Tony Abbot.
