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Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden during his Kyiv visit has urged the Ukrainian authorities to strengthen the newly-created anti-corruption agencies, in order to root out "cronyism and kleptocracy".
"You implemented ground-breaking new electronic asset declaration system to fight corruption, to ensure that officials cannot leverage their political position for personal gain," Biden said in a statement January 16, an UNIAN correspondent reported from a joint briefing with President Petro Poroshenko.
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Read alsoUkrainian political commitments under Minsk deal should only be implemented after "Russian violence stops" - Biden"And it's imperative that you continue to strengthen all of your anti-corruption institutions to root out those who would return Ukraine to rule by cronyism and kleptocracy," Joe Biden said.