Leonid Kuchma

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, center, comments the results of the Ukrainian governmental delegation's visit in Turkmenustan during the meeting with journalists on Thursday, July 27, 2000, in Simferopol. The President criticized the Ukrainian -Turkmenian agreement on the gas supply from Turkmenistan to Ukraine and expressed dissatisfaction with the price of supplied in Ukraine gas. Kuchma also disapproved the rumor about the imminent retirement of Prime Minister Victor Yushchenko and noted that it is necessary to carry out changes in the Ukrainian Government. Photo by UNIAN