Boris Traikovski, Leonid Kuchma

Macedonian President Boris Traikovski, left, and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma shake hands during the meeting in the governmental presidential residence on the Crimean Southern coast Sunday, Oct 28, 2001. This day Traikovski arrived in the Crimea with the working visit on the invitation of the Ukrainian President. The presidents discussed their further cooperation in economical, political and military-technical sectors. They declared for the efficient usage of possibilities foreseen by the Agreement on free trade between the two states. The President of Macedonia marked that within the latest 7-8 month his state got a lot of aid from the Ukrainian party. Photo by Valeri Soloviev/ UNIAN