Leonid Kuchma and Elizabeth Jones

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, left, and U.S. Undersecretary of State Elizabeth Jones, right, shake hands as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual, center, looks on in the presidential administration building in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002. Elizabeth Jones arrived to Ukraine for two-day official visit to discuss the situation after the United States, relying on an analysis of cladestine tape recordings, concluded that Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma personally approved a plan in July 2000 to sell Iraq an advanced radar system. Photo by Valery Solovyov / UNIAN