PRESIDENTS OF THE UKRAINE AND RUSSIA DISCUSSED RELATIONS BETWEEN BOTH
COUNTRIES IN THE TELEPHONE CALL








KIEW, 5 March.  / Viktor Demidenko, korrespondent of the RIA " Nowosti
" /. Leonid Kutschma, president of the Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin,
president of Russia, discussed a broad set of questions, which concern
the far coil and recess of the Ukrainian-Russian relations in the
Telefongespaerch.

As is reported from the pressedienst of the Ukrainian head of state,
Leonid Kutschma have and Vladimir Putin opinions over the status and
the development of the relations between both countries exchanged as
well as a broad set of international questions and the situation in
individual regions discusses.

Vladimir Putin congratulated to Leonid Kutschma to on 1 March the
presidency begun of the Ukraine in the UNO security council.

The two heads of state have the necessity to implement the
declarations/agreements made with the Ukrainian-Russian summit in
Dnepropetrowsk faster stressed and further actions for the development
of the dialog co-ordinated on the highest level, announce the
pressedienst.