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De Hoop Scheffer: let me first of all say it's a great pleasure to meet the Prime Minister, again, after my
very appreciated and successful visit to the Kiev and the hospitality I've enjoyed there.

I've congratulated the prime minister with the success of Ruslana in winning the European song contest,
very important of course for Ukraine.

But of course we have discussed a number of issues, NATO/Ukraine relations are very important.

And we do that, we develop them on the basis of the annual target plan which we should develop
further and which also, as you know, includes very specific attention for democratic freedom, freedom of the
media and the rule of law.

I have encouraged the Prime Minister and the government of Ukraine to press ahead with their
implementation of defence reform; shown the great appreciation for the international responsibilities Ukraine
is taking in different theatres; there's a very important meeting coming up on the 6th and 7th of June in Warsaw
where we will have high level concentrations: NATO, Ukraine and the presence of a great number of defence
ministers including, as I've heard to my joy, minister Marchuk. I hope it will be possible to sign a memorandum
of understanding on the very important subject there, strategic airlift between Ukraine and NATO and we have
decided to further develop this very important relationship between Ukraine and NATO with all aspects that
entail and that is, let me say this the gain of course as well and the Prime Mnister has assured me that that will be
the case, the further development of democratic values and freedoms.

The relationship is a very important one, I was glad to meet the Prime Minister, the foreign minister, the
justice minister who all were here and I'm very much looking forward in building on the constructive
relationship between Ukraine and NATO.

Yanukovych: thank you very much dear Secretary General. I do appreciate the opportunity given to me
to have this meeting today and speaking about the agreements reached back in Kiev I would like to say that I'm
very much satisfied with the results of our meeting and taking this opportunity I would like to invite you, dear
Secretary General, to visit Ukraine next year when Ukraine will be the venue of another European contest where
Ruslana will actually play as host to you. By all means I'm going to give Rruslana your best regards and I'm
going to tell her that you are a strong ardent supporter of her.

De hoop scheffer: as long as I don't have to sing myself it's very much all right.

Yanukovych: and of course I would like to say that we are... We were satisfied with the results of our
cooperation and we discussed a lot of issues pertaining to that subject matter especially we were talking about
the target action plan between NATO and Ukraine and we also touched upon the issues pertaining to the
forthcoming meeting in Warsaw. A meeting between the... All the defence ministers of different countries and a
specific role which Ukraine has to play, to help the specific meeting. Today, the parliament of Ukraine the Rada
considers the draft law on defence report in our country and we do hope that this was going to be adopted
which will make it possible for us to move ahead with the implementation of our specific tasks and tasks which
fall within the framework of the relationship between Ukraine and NATO.

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