Viktor Yanukovich and Ivan Gashparovich

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich (left) and President of the Slovak Republic Ivan Gasparovic (in the centre) during Ukrainian-Slovak business forum in Bratislava (Slovak Republic), on Friday, June 17, 2011. Ukraine will have a functioning land market in 2012, President Viktor Yanukovich said. According to President Yanukovich, land reform in Ukraine "has gained irreversible momentum." "All the legal framework is ready now that will allow completing the work on land reform this year, and ensure that since early 2012 Ukraine would have a land market," he said. President of Ukraine has an official visit to the Slovak Republic. Photo by Mikhail Markiv / POOL / UNIAN