On January 20, 2011 Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleksandr Gorin met with Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor Thomas Melia in the course of his visit to Ukraine.

The parties discussed the preparation for the next session of the Ukraine-U.S. Strategic Partnership Commission, which will take place in February of this year in Washington, D.C. and will be co-chaired by the heads of foreign services of the two countries. The SPC meeting will focus on the current issues on the bilateral agenda, including the work of the Political Dialog and Rule of Law Working Group, which is co-chaired on the American Side by T. Melia.