Leonid Kuchma and Saparmurat Niyazov

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, left, and his Turkmenistan counterpart Saparmurat Niyazov are seen during their meeting in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan, on Friday, April 11, 2003. Kuchma and Niyazov discussed the 5-year contract on selling 250 billion cubic meters of Turkmenistan gas to Ukraine. The presidents considered the Caspian gas pipeline project to annually transport 30 billion cubic meters of Turkmenistan gas to Russia and Ukraine. Photo by Valery Solvyov / presidential press-service / UNIAN