Several bilateral agreements signed
Embassy of Ukraine
WASHINGTON - On June 5, within the framework of visit of U.S. President
Bill Clinton to Ukraine, a signing ceremony for a number of bilateral instruments
between Ukraine and the United States took place at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
These included the following:
- Deputy Head of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine Oleksii Shytria
signed the Protocol of Exchange of Instruments of Ratification of the Convention
Between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States
of America for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Invasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital;
- Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Vasyl Kremlin signed the
Agreement Between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United
States of America on Science and Technology Cooperation;
- Minister of Transport of Ukraine Leonid Kostiuchenko signed the Air
Transport Agreement Between the Government of Ukraine and the Government
of the United States of America, as well as the Agreement Extending the
Agreement Between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United
States of America Regarding Certain Maritime Matters;
- Minister of Ukraine of Emergency Affairs and Population Protection
from the Consequences of the Chornobyl Catastrophe Vasyl Durdynetz signed
the Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of Ukraine and the
Government of the United States of America on Cooperation in Natural and
Man-made Technological Emergency Prevention and Response;
- Vice Minister of Justice of Ukraine Lidia Horbunova signed the Program
of Ukrainian-U.S. Cooperation for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime,
2000-2005;
From the American side, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador
of the United States to Ukraine Steven Pifer signed the above-mentioned
documents.
There was also an exchange of Notes Concerning Termination of the Agreement
Between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United States
of America Regarding International Trade in Commercial Space Launch Services
signed on February 21, 1996, carried out by the Deputy Director of the National
Space Agency of Ukraine Eduard Kuznezov and the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
Steven Pifer.
The ceremony participants emphasized that the signed documents are called
to give new impetus to the relations between Ukraine and the United States
of America in development of which both sides are interested.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June
18, 2000, No. 25, Vol. LXVIII
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