(VOVworld) – US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Georgia and Ukraine before attending this week’s NATO summit in Warsaw.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has set off on a two-day solidarity visit to Georgia and Ukraine (Photo: AFP/Jonathan Ernst)

Kerry will meet with Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, President Giorgi Margvelashvili, and opposition leaders. He will express US support for Georgia’s “Euro-Atlantic aspirations” in a nod to Georgia’s NATO and EU ambitions.

Kerry will also fly to Kiev to meet President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to discuss attempts to broker a settlement in eastern Ukraine.

The two-day 2016 NATO summit will take place on July 8^th in Warsaw. US President Barack Obama will also attend the event.