First lady to visit Ukraine (09/21/97)

First lady to visit Ukraine

by Yaro Bihun
Special to The Ukrainian Weekly

WASHINGTON - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Ukraine in November, according to her deputy chief of staff, Melanne Verveer.

Ms. Verveer broke the news in her remarks during the annual Ukrainian Independence Day reception in the U.S. Congress on September 17.

The dates of the 10-day trip have not yet been finalized, Ms. Verveer said, but it would be in the early part of November and would also include stops in Russia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

The first lady visited Ukraine in 1995, while accompanying President Bill Clinton on his historic official visit to Kyiv.

(A full report on the Ukrainian Independence Day reception in Congress will run in the next issue of The Ukrainian Weekly.)

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