31.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin met Tuesday with his Ukrainian counterpart, Leonid Kuchma, to discuss improving relations between the two former Soviet republics.

32.   Stanislaw Dobrzanski was also to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Olexander Kuzmuk, Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, Security Council chief Volodymyr Horbulin and parliament speaker Olexander Moroz.

33.   Sudradjat and his Ukrainian counterpart, Valery Shmarov, signed the agreement.

34.   The Hungarian minister is to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Borys Tarasiuk later Sunday and on Monday Martonyi is to have meetings with Kuchma and Ukrainian Prime Minister Valery Pustovoitenko.

35.   The Italian president was in Kiev on a whirlwind, four-hour visit that included talks and a dinner with his Ukrainian counterpart, Leonid Kuchma.

36.   The presidential press service also said Yeltsin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart on the phone Wednesday.

37.   The Polish president personally invited his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma to the meeting.

38.   The presidential press service said Yeltsin also spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart on the phone Wednesday.

39.   The three men, representatives from a machine building institute in China, were in Ukraine for consultations with their Ukrainian counterparts at Yuzhmash.

40.   Van Mierlo will meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Hennady Udovenko.