Visit of Putin to Kiev

COMM From right to left: the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the secretary of Security Council of Russian Federation Igor Ivanov, the Ambassador of Russian Federation in Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin and the Minister of Foreign Affaires Sergey Lavrov after the signing of 4 bilateral documents on the sitting of Ukrainian-Rusian intergovernmental commission on Friday, December, 22, 2006. According to Yushchenko, intergovernmental commission has to become a powerful mechanism in providing a dialogue between two states on the highest level. Several bilateral agreements were signed after the sitting. Photo by Mikhail Markiv / POOL / UNAIN