Viktor Yanukovich

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich, in the center, during the meeting with participants of the Council of CIS foreign ministers in Kiev, on Friday, April 8, 2011. President Viktor Yanukovich has met with the heads of official delegations to a meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council. "I am delighted to welcome you to Kiev and confident that your meeting went well today. I know that these events are always constructive, and are marked by desire to jointly resolve many issues," he said at the beginning of the conversation. Viktor Yanukovich noted that meetings of foreign ministers of CIS countries are useful in the context of sharing the experience in domestic issues and discuss foreign policy issues. "Of course, your duty is to conduct a successful foreign policy. And within the framework of the CIS this duty is, of course, to keep it in line with the interests of all Commonwealth countries - economic, political, support in various international organizations,” he said. Photo by Andrey Mosienko / POOL / UNIAN