Yushchenko met with Nazarbayev

In scope of the visit to Kazakhstan President Viktor Yushchenko at the head of Ukrainian delegation held a meeting today in Astana with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, president's press office reported.

Other participants of the meeting from Ukraine were Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko, Minister for Culture Vasyl Vovkun, Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan, Minister for Regional Development Vasyl Kuybida, Minister of Housing Oleksiy Kucherenko, deputy President’s Secretariat Chief of Staff Oleksandr Chalyy, Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration head Viktor Bondar, Zaporizhzhya mayor Evhen Kartashov.

Viktor Yushchenko also held talks with Nursultan Nazarbayev in a tête-à-tête format.

Sides discussed implementation of Ukraine-Kazakhstan 2007-2008 Action Plan. President Yushchenko suggested that common commission on economic cooperation should be involved in Action Plan implementation.

The two Presidents also dwelled on a subject of energy cooperation between the countries. V. Yushchenko invited N. Nazarbayev to take part in Kyiv Energy Summit in May 2008.