Tony Abbott invites Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko

TONY Abbott has invited Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko to visit Australia next month.

TONY Abbott has invited Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko to visit Australia next month.

The Prime Minister’s spokesman said Mr Abbott spoke to Mr Poroshenko on Wednesday night and the two leaders discussed the deteriorating situation in Ukraine.

Mr Poroshenko thanked Mr Abbott for Australia’s support for Ukraine and congratulated him on the success of the G20 summit.

“The Prime Minister noted that Russia’s continued efforts to destabilise Ukraine and violate its sovereignty had been an issue of concern to many G20 leaders, and that these actions remained a matter of deep concern to the Australian government,” the spokesman said.