Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in Berlin, Germany, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko the United States will work to restore peace along the border with
Russia.
"We will work with Ukraine, Russia, and all other
parties involved to help them restore peace along the border," Trump said
in a White House statement on Saturday.
Renewed violence has
flared between Moscow-backed rebels and Ukraine government forces that has
caused the highest casualty rate since mid-December.
Separately, Trump reiterated to Italian Prime Minister
Paolo Gentiloni the U.S. commitment to NATO and emphasized the importance of
all NATO allies sharing the monetary burden of defense spending. Trump said he
has agreed to attend the G-7 Summit in Taormina, Italy in May.
(Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington and Steve
Holland in Florida; Editing by Dan Grebler).
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