ປະທານາທິບໍດີສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານ ບາຣັກ ໂອບາມາ ໄດ້ພົບປະກັບ
ຜູ້ນຳຂອງຢູເຄຣນ ຢູ່ທີ່ທຳນຽບຂາວໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ ຊຶ່ງທ່ານ
ໄດ້ໃຫ້ຄຳໝັ້ນສັນຍາຕໍ່ແຂກທີ່ມາຢ້ຽມຢາມວ່າ ຈະສືບຕໍ່ເຄື່ອນ
ໄຫວລະດົມນາໆຊາດໃນການກົດດັນ ເພື່ອແກ້ໄຂວິກິດການໃນ
ຢູເຄຣນ ດ້ວຍວິທີທາງການທູດ.
ປະທານາທິບໍດີຢູເຄຣນ ທ່ານ Petro Poroshenko ໃນເວລາ
ຕໍ່ມາໄດ້ກ່າວຕໍ່ບັນດານັກຂ່າວວ່າ ທ່ານຫວັງວ່າການຢຸດຍິງ ທີ່ໄດ້
ດຳເນີນມາເປັນເວລາ 2 ອາທິດແລ້ວນັ້ນ ຢູ່ທີ່ປະເທດຂອງທ່ານຍັງ
ຄົງຈະໄດ້ ຮັບການເຄົາລົບຢູ່ຕໍ່ໄປ ແລະນຳໄປສູ່ການມີສັນຕິພາບ
ໃນຂອບເຂດທີ່ກວ້າງຂວາງ. ນອກນັ້ນທ່ານຍັງກ່າວອີກວ່າ ທ່ານພໍ
ໃຈກັບລະດັບຂອງການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອທີ່ບໍ່ແມ່ນອຸບປະກອນທາງທະຫານ ຈາກວໍຊິງຕັນທີ່ໃຫ້ແກ່ປະເທດຂອງທ່ານ ໃນການຕໍ່ສູ້ຕ້ານພວກແບ່ງແຍກດິນແດນນິຍົມ ຣັດເຊຍ ຢູ່ໃກ້ໆຊາຍແດນຣັດເຊຍນັ້ນ.
Ukraine President Appeals for More US Support
ກ່ອນໜ້ານັ້ນ ໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ ຢູ່ທີ່ລັດຖະສະພາສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານ Poroshenko
ໄດ້ສະແດງຄວາມຮູ້ບຸນຄຸນ ຕໍ່ລັດຖະສະພາສະຫະລັດ ສຳຫລັບການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຂອງ
ສະຫະລັດ. ແຕ່ຢູ່ໃນຄຳປາໄສ ທີ່ມີຄວາມ ຍາວ 40 ນາທີ ຊຶ່ງໄດ້ມີສຽງຕົບມື ດັງກ້ອງຂຶ້ນ
ເປັນຕອນໆນັ້ນ ທ່ານ Poroshenko ຍັງໄດ້ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ສະຫະລັດ ສະໜອງອາວຸດທະຫານ ໂດຍກ່າວຕໍ່ບັນດາສະມາຊິກສະພາວ່າ “ເຮົາບໍ່ສາມາດ ເອົາຊະນະສົງຄາມ
ໄດ້ ດ້ວຍຜ້າຫົ່ມ.”
ຍິ່ງໄປກວ່ານັ້ນ ທ່ານໄດ້ຮຽກຮ້ອງໃຫ້ສະຫະລັດ ມີຄວາມໜັກແໜ້ນ ໃນການລົງໂທດເພີ້ມ
ຕື່ມຕໍ່ຣັດເຊຍ ຊຶ່ງບັນດາລັດຖະບານປະເທດຕາເວັນຕົກ ກ່າວຫາວ່າ ປະກອບອາວຸດ ແລະ ຍັງໃຫ້ສະໜັບສະໜຸນ ຕໍ່ ການກໍ່ກະບົດ ທີ່ພວມດຳເນີນຢູ່ໃນເວລານີ້.
U.S. President Barack Obama met with the leader of Ukraine at the White House Thursday, promising his visitor to continue mobilizing international pressure to resolve the Ukraine crisis with diplomacy.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko later told reporters he hopes that a two-week old cease-fire in his homeland would hold and lead to a broader peace. He also said he is satisfied with the level of non-lethal assistance Washington is providing his country in its fight against pro-Russian separatists near the Russian border.
Earlier Thursday on Capitol Hill, Mr. Poroshenko voiced appreciation to the U.S. Congress for U.S. non-lethal help. But in a 40-minute address, interrupted by thunderous applause, he also called for U.S.-supplied military weaponry, telling lawmakers, "one can not win the war with a blanket."
Additionally, he called for the United States to be forceful in imposing further sanctions on Russia, which Western governments accuse of arming and otherwise supporting the ongoing rebellion.
Last week, the United States and the European Union targeted Russia's biggest financial institution, Sberbank with the latest round of sanctions. The new sanctions also target Russian energy companies, barring them from access to U.S. goods and technology used in deepwater and shale oil extraction.
Those sanctions earlier this week drove the ruble currency to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar. Leading European economic analysts warned on Wednesday that the Russian economy will continue to contract this year and slip into mild recession in 2015.
In related developments, the White House says U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will lead a U.S. delegation to Ukraine next week for talks on economic reforms needed to build an economy that attracts private capital.
News of the trip came Thursday in a statement that also announced a $53 million assistance package for Kyiv that includes $46 million in non-lethal military aid. The remaining $7 million is earmarked for relief organizations providing humanitarian aid to civilians in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine.
