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Press Release (97)30

20 March 1997


Agreed press statement

on the occasion of the visit to NATO Headquarters by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko (centre) during the Press Conference at NATO HQ.(14Kb)
Today Ukrainian Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko and Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Volodymyr Horbulin visited NATO Headquarters. Secretary General Solana held a meeting with them in which they consulted on the development of the NATO-Ukraine relationship. Both sides were satisfied with progress achieved in the implementation of the activities envisaged in the Joint Press Statement which was published in September 1995. They formally opened negotiations toward the formalization of the NATO-Ukraine relationship, which they are determined to conclude by the time of the NATO Summit in July. They also discussed the way forward toward the opening in the near future of a NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Kyiv and agreed a visit of Secretary General Solana on that occasion.

Foreign Minister Udovenko and Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council Horbulin also met with the NATO Permanent Representatives for a "16+1" meeting which provided the opportunity for a broad exchange of views on topics of common interest related to European security.


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