51.   Yeltsin and his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma had been scheduled for months to meet in Kiev to sign a friendship and cooperation treaty and accord on the fleet.

52.   Yeltsin and his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma had been scheduled for months to meet in Kiev to sign a friendship and cooperation treaty.

53.   Kasyanov announced the loan at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Anatoly Kinakh in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Interfax reported.

54.   Kim is scheduled to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Anatoli Zenko, later Monday.

55.   No arms have reached Macedonia from Ukraine this year, Casule said, addressing a press conference with Ukrainian counterpart Anatoly Zlenko.

56.   Primakov is expected to arrive in Kiev late Wednesday and to immediately meet his Ukrainian counterpart Gennady Udovenko.

57.   Perry sealed the aid accord with Ukrainian counterpart Valery Shmarov in a visit to the Pervomaysk missile base in the southern Nikolayev region after arriving in Ukraine Friday.

58.   Putin is also scheduled to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma Friday, Gromov added, giving no further details.

59.   Primakov, quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency monitored here by the BBC, was apeaking in Kiev after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Gennady Udovenko.

60.   Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Efim Zviagilsky in Moscow but the pair failed to defuse the tension in the secessionist republic.