U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry stated this during the flower-laying ceremony in honor of the Heavenly Hundred in Kyiv on November 11, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine reports.
“Our goal on this trip is to relay to the Ukrainian leadership that there are both the United States private sector companies and the United States government that look forward to a long and prosperous relationship,” said Rick Perry:
He noted that one of the best means to pay tribute to those people who fought for freedom is the provision of economic freedom in Ukraine.
“One of the ways that we can honor them is by making sure that there is economic freedom in Ukraine,” he said.