Leonid Kuchma and Luca Barbone

The Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, right, shakes hands with Luka Barbone, the new Head of the World Bank in Ukraine and Belarus during their meeting in Kyiv, on Friday, January 14, 2000. The Barbone's visit in Ukraine after he had been appointed on the new post, was carried out for familiarization. It is supposed that in the course of the next visit they will discuss the concrete projects and conditions of cooperation between the World Bank and Ukraine. Photo by UNIAN