UKRAINE: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HOLDS TALKS WITH UKRAINE LEADER LEONID KUCHMA

Record ID: 979197

  • Title: UKRAINE: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HOLDS TALKS WITH UKRAINE LEADER LEONID KUCHMA
  • Date: 18th April 2000
  • Summary: KIEV, UKRAINE (APRIL 18, 2000) (ORT - NO ACCESS CIS/INTERNET 1. SLV RUSSIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT VLADIMIR PUTIN BEING GREETED BY UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA 0.09 2. SLV PUTIN AND KUCHMA ENTERING BUILDING FOR WORKING BREAKFAST 0.15 3. EXT WIDE OF KUCHMA'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE, THE MARIINSKY PALACE 0.19 4. SLV/LV/TRACK KUCHMA, PUTIN AND ENTOURAGE WALKING TOWARDS MARIINSKY PALACE (3 SHOTS) 0.37 5. MV KUCHMA AND PUTIN SHAKING HANDS 0.43 6. VARIOUS OF TALKS BETWEEN RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN DELEGATIONS (5 SHOTS) 1.07 KIEV, UKRAINE (APRIL 18, 2000) (REUTERS) 7. LV KUCHMA AND PUTIN ENTERING NEWS BRIEFING HALL AT MARIINSKI PALACE 1.16 8. CA MEDIA 1.22 9. SV SOUNDBITE (Russian) PUTIN: "There are many issues concerning both our countries, and we can and should solve them together. The solution of these issues should be aimed at one goal, to consolidate relations of friendship, co-operation and strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. "(The solution) should help to bring our peoples closer, and bring our relations to a qualitatively better level than the one which existed until now." 1.57 10. CA MEDIA 2.02 11. SV SOUNDBITE (Russian) KUCHMA: "From the point of view of our state, the situation is not good - the gas going God knows where, no control of who uses it. We do not see any returns going to the state budget, all we see is the the debt growing. "Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin) has already said that we will sit down together and work out the energy supply problems. I understand that other CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries are going to form alliance with Russia. We have to work out a transparent and functional system, including the issue of re-export of gas." 2.50 12. WIDE OF KUCHMA AND PUTIN 2.56 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: KIEV, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Reuters ID: LVA9MMSNHJ9KMUWQ8Z369TVEIJTA
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