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Mr Putin congratulated Mr Yushchenko on successfully resolving the political crisis in Ukraine. The two leaders discussed priority steps to develop Russian-Ukrainian relations over the coming months.

A little later today, Mr Putin also had a telephone conversation with Viktor Yanukovich and congratulated him on his appointment as Ukraine’s prime minister.

Both sides expressed the desire to move as quickly as possible to a concrete discussion of the current objectives in relations between the two countries.