Ukrainian president leaves for Crimea to meet Putin
April
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has left for Crimea, where he is going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The presidents will participate in a two-day Ukrainian-Russian meeting "Ukraine and Russia: strategic
partnership", which will be held in the town of Alushta [southern Crimea, on 22-23 April].
Ukrainian parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn, who has already arrived in Crimea, and Russian State Duma speaker
Boris Gryzlov are also to participate in the meeting. They are to discuss the role of Ukrainian and Russian parliaments
in bilateral and multilateral integration and discuss laws necessary to implement the Single Economic Space.
Leonid Kuchma has already signed the laws ratifying the agreements on creating the Single Economic Space, cooperation
in using the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait, and the Ukrainian-Russian state border.
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