Yulia Timoshenko and Tarja Halonen

Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko, left, shaking hands with President of Finland Tarja Halonen before the start of an official meeting in Kyiv, on Thursday, May 14, 2009. The Prime Minister of Ukraine is for stirring up of the cooperation with Finland in political and economic spheres. According to her opinion, the cooperation of Ukraine and Finland is very important, especially in conditions when cooperation of Ukraine develops within the frameworks of "Eastern partnership" initiative. According to the words of the Prime Minister, Ukraine places on this initiative "big hopes as on intensified way of Ukraine to Europe". Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko/POOL/UNIAN