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WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden

on Thursday welcomed the formation of a new government in

Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny

Yatseniuk and pledged U.S. support for reforms, the White House

said.

“The vice president reassured the prime minister that the

United States will offer its full support as Ukraine undertakes

the reforms necessary to return to economic health, pursue

reconciliation, uphold its international obligations, and seek

open and constructive relationships with all its neighbors,” the

White House said.

(Reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Eric Walsh)