Yuschenko at the meeting with Ukraine’s regional officials

COMM The governor of Poltava region Valery Asadchev, in the center, during the meeting of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko with representatives of local authorities and self-government in Kyiv on Thursday, December, 21, 2006. Yushchenko told that he could veto the Law about State budget for 2007 if it didn’t take into consideration his position concerning minimal pension on the level of cost of living. During the meeting the question concerning public utilities tariffs was discussed. Photo by Nikolay Lazarenko / POOL / UNIAN