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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine President Volodmyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday and a U.S official said he will offer strong support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty against Russian aggression coupled with a promise to deliver $60 million in security aid.<\/p>

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The two leaders, at their first face-to-face meeting since Biden took office in January, are expected to discuss their differences over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which Ukraine fears could be used by Russia as a geopolitical weapon, among other issues.<\/p>\n

Zelenskiy\u2019s visit to the White House comes after he played an unwitting and high-profile role in the process that led to former President Donald Trump\u2019s first impeachment.<\/p>\n

Trump, a Republican who lost the 2020 presidential election to Democrat Biden, had urged the Ukrainian leader in a 2019 phone call to investigate Biden and his son, Hunter, who had served as a director for a Ukrainian energy company. News of the phone call sparked an effort to remove Trump from office.<\/p>\n

The Wednesday meeting takes place as European leaders take stock of Biden\u2019s abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan, a move that prompted some allies to raise questions about U.S. security commitments.<\/p>\n

A senior Biden administration official told reporters in advance of the meeting that Biden will offer his \u201cironclad commitment\u201d to protect Ukraine\u2019s security and sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Ukraine and Russia have been at odds since Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and backed separatists in a conflict in Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbass region, which Ukraine says has killed 14,000 people.<\/p>\n

Biden plans to promise a new $60 million security assistance package for Ukraine that the official said would include Javelin anti-armor systems and other \u201cdefensive lethal and non-lethal capabilities\u201d as well as $45 million in humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n

The meeting comes after the Biden administration announced a deal last month with Germany intended partly to allay Ukrainian concerns about the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea to carry gas from Russia\u2019s Arctic region to Germany.<\/p>\n

Ukraine is concerned Nord Stream 2, a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany that bypasses Ukraine, could embolden Moscow to take further action against Kyiv and has sought guarantees over its status as a gas transit country once the pipeline becomes operational.<\/p>\n

Biden and Zelenskiy are expected to agree to \u201cstrategic energy and climate dialogue\u201d as a way to discuss Ukraine\u2019s broader energy goals, the official said.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday that officials from both countries had signed a letter of intent to cooperate on energy and climate change.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s drive for NATO membership will also come up in the talks. Zelenskiy told reporters in June he wanted a clear \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d from Biden on giving Ukraine a plan to join the NATO military alliance.<\/p>\n

Zelenskiy has urged NATO members to accelerate Ukraine\u2019s entry into the alliance after a standoff with Russia this year that saw Russia mass additional troops and military equipment near Ukraine\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n

NATO allies believe Ukraine needs to adopt more political reforms before gaining membership. The official said Biden plans to praise Zelenskiy for his reforms but say more is needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe strongly that Ukraine can and should enact additional reforms to strengthen its democracy, and the United States will continue to support Ukraine\u2019s efforts to do so,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n

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