KYIV, June 13 – President Petro Poroshenko thanked the deputies of the European Parliament for supporting the new macro-financial assistance program of the European Union for Ukraine and looks forward to a final decision by the EU Council.

"The absolute majority of MEPs have just supported the proposal of the European Commission to allocate a new program of macro-financial assistance of the EU for Ukraine in the amount of EUR 1 billion. Thank you to all friends of Ukraine in the European Parliament and European institutions for unity in supporting Ukraine!" the president wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday.