Leonid Kuchma and Romano Prodi

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and EC President Romano Prodi during their joint press-conference in Kyiv on Thursday, November 9, 2000. On the very same day Mr. Prodi arrived in Ukraine with the two-day official visit. Mr. Prodi expressed confidence that the EC will on November 16 will agree to allot EURO25 million for filling of the fuel deficit in Ukraine in the course of the Chernobyl APS closure. Photo by Dmirtryi Gavrish/ UNIAN