Poroshenko and Obama hold unscheduled, serious conversation

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday held a conversation at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

"A very serious conversation between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States took place," Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Yuriy Sergeyev tweeted, without disclosing details.

The information on this conversation was not immediately reported on the presidential website.

Sergeyev also posted on Twitter a photo showing the two leaders were talking eye to eye.

Більше,ніж фото: відбулася вкрай серйозна розмова президентів України і США. pic.twitter.com/wtG4EuF3HK

— Yuriy Sergeyev (@Yuriy_Sergeyev) September 29, 2015

As reported earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that Poroshenko would meet with Obama between a lunch with UN Secretary General and the Peacekeeping Summit. "There will be a short meeting, they will discuss a few issues, the details of which I cannot disclose," Klimkin said.

The same day, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 90-minute meeting behind closed doors. It is reported that they were discussing the Syria and Ukraine crises.

Presidential spokesman Sviatoslav Tseholko has later disclosed some details of the meeting between Poroshenko and Obama.

"President Obama has reiterated his support for Ukraine and efforts of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine," Tseholko wrote on Facebook.

"During the conversation, Obama stressed that the United States would continue to support Ukraine, which implemented reforms and continued to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict," he said.