WARSAW: The election of billionaire businessman and politician Petro Poroshenko as president was a “wise selection” for Ukraine, US President Barack Obama said Wednesday after a meeting with the Ukrainian president-elect in Warsaw.

Obama said Washington’s possible participation in training of Ukrainian law enforcers and military, measures to restore peace in Ukraine, prospects for its economic development as well as ways to cut Kiev’s dependence on Russian gas supplies have been discussed at the meeting.

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