U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay an official visit to Ukraine on July 4-5, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The ministry said in a statement that Clinton confirmed the schedule and the agenda of her visit in a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko.
The agenda includes meetings with President Viktor Yanukovych, the foreign minister and other senior Ukrainian officials.
During the phone talks on Friday, Hryshchenko and Clinton reaffirmed their interest in the development of bilateral strategic partnership and discussed urgent issues on the global agenda.
Yanukovych earlier said that the strengthening of relations with Russia and the United States was a priority in Ukraine's foreign policy.
KIEV, June 4 (RIA Novosti)
