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President Vladimir Putin attended a gala meeting in honour of the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence

August 23, 2001, Kiev

The meeting, in the Ukraine National Palace, was also attended by Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski, Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski, US Congress representatives, and envoys of a number of heads of state.

Mr Putin and Mr Kuchma had a bilateral meeting after the gala. Mr Putin expressed his hope that Ukraine would ever remain an affluent country with high living standards, and once again congratulated the multi-ethnic Ukrainian nation on Russian peoples’ behalf.

August 23, 2001, Kiev