UKRAINE: UNITED STATES VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE VISITS KIEV AND MEETS NEWLY ELECTED UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA

Record ID: 337976

  • Title: UKRAINE: UNITED STATES VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE VISITS KIEV AND MEETS NEWLY ELECTED UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA
  • Date: 2nd August 1994
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (AUGUST 2, 1994) 1. GV/CU UNITED STATES (U.S.) VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE WALKS DOWN STEPS FROM PLANE, SHAKES HANDS WITH UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER VITALY MASOL (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. GV UKRAINIAN AND U.S. FLAGS FLYING 0.13 3. SCU GORE DELIVERS HIS STATEMENT ON TARMAC, CONGRATULATES UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA ON HIS RECENT ELECTION, SAYS HE IS HERE TO AFFIRM AMERICA'S INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO BUILD BROAD AND VIGOROUS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UKRAINE (ENGLISH) 0.28 4. GV LIMOUSINES AT AIRPORT 0.31 5. GV GORE AND MASOL WALK ALONG RED CARPET OUTSIDE MARINSKI PALACE, GORE SHAKES HANDS WITH KUCHMA 0.42 6. CU GORE AND KUCHMA SHAKE HANDS, ENTER PALACE 0.50 7. INTERIOR, CU GORE SEATED 0.53 8. CU KUCHMA SEATED 0.55 9. SCU KUCHMA SEATED WITH UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS 1.00 10. GV GORE ARRIVING FOR MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER OLEXANDER MOROZ AND PARLIAMENTARY FACTIONS' LEADERS 1.08 11. CU GORE ADDRESSING MEETING 1.21 12. GV UKRAINIAN DELEGATES AT MEETING 1.28 13. GVS MEETING (2 SHOTS) 1.36 TRANSCRIPT SEQUENCE 3, GORE: "WSARM CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FRIEND PRESIDENT KUCHMA ON HIS RECENT ELECTION AND TO AFFIRM AMERICA'S INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO BUILD A VIGOROUS AND BROAD BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH UKRAINE." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 17th August 1994 13:00
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  • Location: KIEV, UKRAINE
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  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVA93R6RXL1UUUV72ZUGMTRPRFWW
  • Story Text: United States (U.S.) Vice President Al Gore made a brief stop-over call in Kiev on Tuesday (August 2) and urged Ukraine's politicians to press ahead with economic reforms.

    The stop-over was an opportunity for Gore to meet newly elected Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, who took power on July 10.

    Speaking on arrival at Kiev airport, Gore said the U.S. could see little alternative for the Ukraine but to push ahead with comprehensive economic changes.

    He also said he would review Ukraine's progress in implementing the three-way nuclear disarmament accord signed by the United States, Ukraine and Russia in January.

    Gore referred to the agreement as "a fundamental element of our bilateral relationship and a cornerstone of regional stability".

    Kuchma welcomed Gore at the Marinski Palace for afternoon talks.

    The vice-president also held discussions with parliamentary deputies and Speaker Olexander Moroz.

    Gore's visit indicates Kuchma is eager to keep open lines to the West, despite a record of past comments suggesting he is sceptical about large-scale Western assistance.

    The two men met in April during a private visit to Washington by Kuchma, then a likely presidential candidate.

    Gore is the first high-level official from abroad to have visited Ukraine since Kuchma was elected. Gore arrived from neighbouring Poland after attending the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.


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