President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has spoken with the former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott over the telephone and invited him to visit Ukraine and become involved in the work of the Advisory International Council of Reforms, the president’s press service has reported.

“The president expressed his gratitude to Australia for its consistent and resolute support for the Ukrainian nation in the defending sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state, confronting the external aggressor and implementing the internal reforms necessary for the development of a modern and democratic Ukraine,” the press service said.