Emomali Rakhmon and Leonid Kuchma

The President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmonov (L) and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma are going to Mariinsky palace in Kiev before their conversation on Thursday, July, 5, 2001. This day President of Tajikistan arrived in Ukraine with his three-day official visit. Rakhmonov declared on news conference alongside Kuchma after the negotiation, that Tajikistan can fruitfully cooperate with Ukraine in much spheres, in particular hydroenergy and gold deposits. Photo by Victor Pobedinsky / UNIAN