US wants to sign economic partnership with Ukraine ‘as soon as possible’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko on Wednesday and stressed the need to sign an economic partnership between the two countries as soon as possible, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Sandra Maler)