Kiev reports on meeting with Trump

The United States is ready to pressure Russia and join the Donbass settlement process, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said.

According to Klimkin, the keynote political message is the actual wish to join the pressure on Russia.

"There are very interesting ideas, but I can tell you about them later, upon coordination with every one of our partners. Any issues need to be coordinated with Germany and the new French president," Klimkin said in an interview aired by the TSN. Tyzhden television program after he met with US President Donald Trump last week.

The United States has levers of influence, which should be used together with the EU and other G7 countries, the Ukrainian foreign minister said. "It could be real political messages. Of course, there are also economic levers of influence and sanctions, these are just one of the options," Interfax cited him as saying.