27/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – A delegation of EU and US representatives visited Odessa, Ukraine, on Tuesday 26 February, on the occasion of the stopover of the US destroyer USS Donald Cook. On board the ship, the delegation met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to discuss the partnership between the United States, Ukraine and other European countries, according to a statement from the US Mission to the EU. "We are here to counter Russian aggression on the shores of the Black Sea and to support Ukraine's independence, territorial integrity and, above all, European orientation. Our friends from the EU, represented by Jean-Christophe Belliard (Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS), are working hand in hand with us", explained US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland, who headed the delegation. Ana Birchall, Romanian Deputy Prime Minister, for the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and Jani Taivalantti, Advisor to the EU High Representative on Ukraine and Russia, were also present. (CG)