WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke by phone on Saturday and both called on Russia and pro-Russian separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine to implement the Minsk ceasefire agreements, the White House said.
Both leaders also welcomed the disbursement of the first tranche of a new International Monetary Fund programmes for Ukraine, the White House said in a statement.
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