Natsagiin Bagabandi and Leonid Kuchma

COMM Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma, right, shakes hand with his visiting Mongolian counterpart Natsagiin Bagabandi after signing bilateral documents in Kiev Monday, July 1, 2002. Presidents of the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in modernizing industrial and military equipment and urged development of bilateral trade. Officials signed several bilateral documents including an agreement to avoid double taxation. Natsagiin Bagabandi arrived in Ukraine Sunday for a four-day official visit. Photo by Valery Soloviov / UNIAN