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2 March 2001 - 15:18 AMT

UKRAINE STANDS READY TO SUPPORT ARMENIA

YEREVAN, March 2. /Mediamax/. “The present level of the Ukrainian-Armenian relations gives Armenia and Ukraine wide opportunities for cooperation in international organizations”, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said yesterday after his meeting with Armenian President Robert Kocharian, who is in Kiev on an official visit. Mediamax was informed about this in the press service of the Ukrainian embassy in Armenia.
Kuchma noted that Ukraine presides in the UN Security Council beginning March 1 and stands ready to assist Armenia if necessary. The Ukrainian President also stressed that that Ukraine and Armenia cooperate within the framework of the OSCE, and said he hoped the two countries would also cooperate in the Council of Europe, the member of which Armenia became this year. –0–