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UNITED STATES PROMISES UKRAINE AGAIN ABOUT IRAQ
Prime Minister Yanukovych Flies to Baghdad for Meetings
"The United States has promised to facilitate participation of Ukraine in the rebuilding of Iraq. Press service of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych informed Ukrainian News of his meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte where this promise was voiced.
The US also promised to help Ukraine in its cooperation with the Iraqi government. Negroponte assured Yanukovych that Americans are really disposed to back up participation of Ukrainian companies in rebuilding of Iraq. 'We understand that the country who participated in the liberation of Iraq must take a full part in its development,' the ambassador said." [articles one, two, three and four]
"THE ACTION UKRAINE REPORT" Year 04, Number 155
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"Major International News Headlines and Articles"
1. U.S. PROMISES AGAIN TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION
OF UKRAINE IN REBUILDING OF IRAQ
PM Yanukovych Meets With US Ambassador John Negroponte in Iraq Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, September 2, 2004
2. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER FLIES TO IRAQ FOR TALKS
WITH IRAQ AND US ABOUT TROOPS AND RECONSTRUCTION
One Plus One TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, Sep 02, 2004
3. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER AND IRAQI PRESIDENT
DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL COOPERATION
Political, economic, military, technical and humanitarian cooperation UNIAN news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04 BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, Sep 02, 2004
4. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE YUSHCHENKO
SAYS PRIME MINISTER'S TRIP TO IRAQ IS POLITICKING
TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thu, Sep 02, 2004
5. UKRAINE'S REAL MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES
"Reading between the lines" Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, September 3, 2004
6. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
Britain's Prince Michael Of Kent Will Visit Ukraine On September 9-10 Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wed, September 1, 2004
7. HUGE GAS DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN EASTERN UKRAINE
UNIAN news agency, Kiev, Ukraine in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, Sep 02, 2004
8. POLAND WANTS UKRAINE, TURKEY IN EU
"In my opinion, an independent Ukraine, and a country with such
a deep sense of self identity, is a good partner for Europe." United Press Int (UPI), Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Sept 02, 2004
9. ROMANIA "TAKEN BACK" BY RUSSIA'S SIDING WITH
UKRAINE OVER DANUBE CANAL SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER
Viktor Chernomyrdin voices support for Ukraine over Romania Rompres news agency, Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Sep 1, 04
10. ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU UNDERSTANDS WHY
RUSSIA BACKED UKRAINE OVER DANUBE CANAL
Ukraine should respect cooperation rules between two neighbors Rompres news agency, Bucharest, Romania, Thu, 2 Sep 04
11. ROMANIAN PM HOPES UKRAINE AND ROMANIA WILL
MANAGE TO FOSTER A GOOD PARTNERSHIP
Says EU should take a more active role in Eastern Europe Rompres news agency, Bucharest, Romania, Wed, 1 Sep 04
12. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YANUKOVYCH PROMISES
FREE TRADE ZONE WITH RUSSIA IN 2005 ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian, 1 Sep 04 BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tue, Sep 01, 2004
13. BORYS TARASYUK: "WHAT UKRAINE WOULD LOOK LIKE
WITH PRESIDENT VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO"
Would turn Ukraine back onto the path of democratic development "Our Ukraine" Website, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sep 1, 2004
14. TEXT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BROADCAST BY "OUR
UKRAINE" LEADER VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO ON SEP 2, 2004
UT1 TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, Sep 02, 2004
15. "IS WASHINGTON SENDING MIXED SIGNALS TO UKRAINE?"
Rumors of deal between Rumsfeld and Kuchma COMMENTARY by Taras Kuzio, Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume 1, Issue 77, The Jamestown Foundation Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 2, 2004
16. "ONCE OFF LIMITS, CRIMEAN PENINSULA IS NOW OPEN"
John Thomson takes a stroll along Ukraine's Black Sea promenades
and retraces the charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 By John Thomson, Guardian Unlimited, London, UK, Wed, Sep 1, 2004
ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No.155 ARTICLE NUMBER ONE
1. U.S. PROMISES AGAIN TO FACILITATE PARTICIPATION
OF UKRAINE IN REBUILDING OF IRAQ
PM Yanukovych Meets With US Ambassador John Negroponte in Iraq
Ukrainian News Agency, Kiev, Ukraine, Thu, September 2, 2004
KIEV - The Untied States has promised to facilitate participation of Ukraine in rebuilding of Iraq. Press service of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych informed Ukrainian News of his meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq John Negroponte where this promise was voiced.
"Yanukovych has reported on the reached agreement on creation of practical mechanisms for inviting Ukrainian enterprises in postwar restoration of Iraq," the press report reads.
The US also promised to help Ukraine in its cooperation with the Iraqi government. Negroponte assured Yanukovych that Americans are really disposed to back up participation of Ukrainian companies in rebuilding of Iraq.
"We understand that the country who participated in the liberation of Iraq must take a full part in its development," the ambassador said.
Yanukovych noted that Ukraine is willing to assist Iraq in creation of its own security system that will enable its government to decide internal problems independently and Ukraine it will give a chance to recall its peacekeeping contingent.
As Yanukovych put it, Ukraine is going to build up long-term relations with Iraq, also in trade and economy, and protect its strategic interests in that region.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Yanukovych has left on a two-day visit to Iraq to meet with the country's authorities. The US has repeatedly promised to help Ukrainian companies to participate in rebuilding tenders in Iraq. Before the war, 36 Ukrainian companies had had experience to
work in Iraq. (END) (ARTUIS)
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2. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER FLIES TO IRAQ FOR
TALKS ABOUT TROOPS AND RECONSTRUCTION
One Plus One TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English. Sep 02, 2004
KIEV - [Presenter] Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych flew to Iraq today to meet Ukrainian peacekeepers and the country's leaders, his press service said. The objective of the consultations is to establish the expediency and a deadline for the further deployment of the Ukrainian contingent there and the extent of Ukraine's participation in rebuilding Iraq and to formulate, depending on the above, Ukraine's economic interests in that country. Oleksandr Zahorodnyy reports from Iraq. [Passage omitted: security measures]
[Correspondent] The Ukrainian delegation first met Iraqi President Ghazi Yawar and then held talks with Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. After the talks, which lasted for an hour and a half, the two prime ministers said relations between the two countries would get a boost soon. Ukraine is willing to rebuild Iraq's oil and gas sector, the power industry and transport.
[Yanukovych, in Ukrainian] We will be helping to rebuild the infrastructure and operations and to create a security system.
[Correspondent] The Iraqi prime minister showed interest in the proposals from his Ukrainian counterpart. He is ready to send an official Iraqi delegation to Kiev by the end of September.
[Iyad Allawi, overlaid with Ukrainian translation] This month an Iraqi delegation will go to Ukraine to hold talks on specific projects. We will establish priority facilities and the deadlines for their rebuilding.
[Correspondent] As for Ukrainian peacekeepers, Yanukovych said that Ukrainian soldiers will leave Iraq as soon as the Iraqi authorities create their own full-fledged armed forces.
[Yanukovych, in Russian] We have agreed on the first steps, [we have agreed] that part of the military contingent will leave one of the Iraqi districts [and will be redeployed] closer to the existing Ukrainian base. With the situation gradually getting stabilized, [there will be] an insignificant reduction, a gradual withdrawal of the military contingent and a replacement of the Ukrainian military contingent with the Iraqi security and stabilization forces. [Passage omitted: Yanukovych is to visit Ukrainian peacekeepers in Iraq.] (END) (ARTUIS)
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3. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER AND IRAQI PRESIDENT
DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL COOPERATION
Political, economic, military, technical and humanitarian cooperation
UNIAN news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thur, Sep 02, 2004
KIEV - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has stressed during a meeting with Iraqi President Ghazi Yawar that Ukraine will continue to develop bilateral cooperation with Iraq in political, economic, military, technical and humanitarian areas.
The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers quoted Yanukovych as saying that the leadership of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people closely follow developments in Iraq. Yanukovych stressed that there are traditional historical ties between Ukraine and Iraq.
Yanukovych expressed confidence that a necessary foundation is currently in place to deepen cooperation between the two states at a qualitatively new level. "We are confident that the Iraqi side will appreciate us as a reliable partner and friend," Yanukovych said. Ukraine sees Iraq as a country with a great future, he added.
Yanukovych believes that in the coming years Iraq will take a decent place not only in the Middle East. (END) (ARTUIS)
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4. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE YUSHCHENKO
SAYS PRIME MINISTER'S SUDDEN TRIP TO IRAQ IS POLITICKING
TV 5 Kanal, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Sep 02, 2004
KIEV - [Presenter] Pollsters say that the main rival of Prime Minister [Viktor Yanukovych] in the presidential race is a member of parliament and former prime minister, Viktor Yushchenko, who is visiting Khmelnytskyy Region. As often happens, Mr Yushchenko is being accompanied by journalists, including our correspondent Svyatoslav Tseholko. Svyatoslav, has candidate Yushchenko reacted to the prime minister's [ongoing] visit to Iraq, and if he has, how?
[Correspondent, by phone] Yanukovych went to Iraq for his own sake, not in order to protect Ukrainian interests, Viktor Yushchenko stated in Horodok, Khmelnytskyy Region. He said Yanukovych had chosen the path of politicking, so he needs the limelight - I quote.
Yushchenko explained his scathing criticism of Prime Minister Yanukovych by his view that the Ukrainian authorities are taking advantage of Iraq in order to, I quote, amnesty the undemocratic policy of President [Leonid] Kuchma, end of quote.
[Presenter] Thank you. That was Svyatoslav Tseholko, who is accompanying Mr Yushchenko on his presidential campaign tour.
Meanwhile, the [Yushchenko-led] Our Ukraine parliamentary faction has reported, via its press service, that it intends to raise the issue of a gradual pull-out of Ukrainian peacekeepers from Iraq in parliament. A bill to this effect has been drafted by MP [Yuriy] Karmazyn and MP [Mykola] Tomenko. The authors believe that since Ukrainians appeared in Iraq the situation had changed radically, as power was handed over to the Iraqi
interim government. (END) (ARTUIS)
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5. UKRAINE'S REAL MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES
"Reading between the lines"
Inside Ukraine Newsletter, Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, September 3, 2004
KYIV - The word heard on the streets of Kyiv regarding the Ukrainian government's real message to the United States is as follows: We helped you big time in Iraq and now it is pay off time. We want some real, sizable reconstruction contracts in Iraq now, not later. We also want a long-time business and trade presence in Iraq supported by the U.S.
And by the way we have decided along with President Putin that the Prime Minister should be the next President of Ukraine. President Putin has guaranteed he will assist us to make sure this happens. Putin says Russia needs and wants the Prime Minister.
We all know the presidential election in Ukraine will not be free and fair. Let's not kid ourselves. We are not about to give any candidate but the Prime Minister access to the major TV channels in Ukraine and so on. This is a given and we all know it. This is exactly the way it has been so far in 2004 and we are not about to change our policy for the final two months of the presidential campaign.
So U.S., our second request is for the U.S. to please just stay focused on Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror and just forget there is a presidential election in Ukraine. We will take care of the presidential election quite well by ourselves thank you.
P.S. Tell that to the EU also and never forget how much we helped you in Iraq. We are a major member of the "coalition of the willing."
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6. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
Britain's Prince Michael Of Kent Will Visit Ukraine On September 9-10
Ukrainian News Agency, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wed, September 1, 2004
KYIV - Prince Michael of Kent will visit the Crimea on September 9 to 10 so as to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Crimean War.
The Embassy of the United Kingdom's press service disclosed this in a statement, the text of which Ukrainian News has obtained.
He will be accompanied to the Crimea by The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Alan West, British Ambassador to Ukraine Robert Brinkley and British Defense Attache in Ukraine Captain Rob Drewett (Royal Naval).
According to the information of the press service, representatives from France, Italy, Turkey and Russia will take part in the celebrations. The press service disclosed that a monument will be opened on September 10 to honor the memory of those that died in the Crimean War.
During the time of the Crimean War, which lasted from 1853 to 1856, the Russian Empire, of which Ukraine was a part, fought against the coalition comprising Britain, France, Turkey (Ottoman Empire) and Piedmont- Sardinia for domination in the Middle East.
Russia lost the war, but the defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855, in which thousands of Ukrainian natives took part, became one of the most famous events of world military history.
As Ukrainian News reported previously, President Leonid Kuchma in July 2003 directed the head of his Administration, Viktor Medvedchuk, to organize the commemoration of the anniversary of this war. (END)
NOTE: See article sixteen below about visiting the Crimean Peninsula.
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7. HUGE GAS DEPOSIT DISCOVERED IN EASTERN UKRAINE
UNIAN news agency, Kiev, Ukraine in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, Sep 02, 2004
KIEV - The national oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrayiny has discovered a new big gas-condensate deposit in Kobzivka (Kharkiv Region), with gas reserves estimated at 100bn cu.m, Naftohaz board chairman Yuriy Boyko told journalists on Wednesday [1 September].
Boyko said the deposit's lower horizon alone would yield almost 70bn cu.m of gas, adding that the development of the deposit would make it possible to extract an additional 4bn cu.m of gas a year.
"We have discovered a deposit of this size for the first time since inde- pendence," [in 1991] Boyko said. He also said that the well leading to the lower horizon is 6 km long. [Passage omitted: description of Naftohaz]
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8. POLAND WANTS UKRAINE, TURKEY IN EU
"In my opinion, an independent Ukraine, and a country with such
a deep sense of self identity, is a good partner for Europe."
United Press Int (UPI), Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Sept 02, 2004
WARSAW, Poland - Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski says he wants to see Turkey and Ukraine as members of the European Union.
While the country itself has only been an EU member for four months, Kwasniewski told the International Herald Tribune his vision is for a "pluralistic" Europe that would break traditional east-west mentalities.
"Some see Ukraine much more on the side of Russian influence than as a part of a European structure," he said. "In my opinion, an independent Ukraine, and a country with such a deep sense of self identity, is a good partner for Europe."
As an example, Poland had no qualms in joining the U.S.-led war against Iraq, which earned it blistering criticism from France and Germany.
Barring any major setback to planned changes in Turkey, EU leaders are expected to support accession negotiations with Turkey at their December summit meeting in Brussels. The exact date for starting those talks has not yet been set. (END) (ARTUIS)
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9. ROMANIA "TAKEN BACK" BY RUSSIA'S SIDING WITH
UKRAINE OVER DANUBE CANAL SAYS FOREIGN MINISTER
Viktor Chernomyrdin voices support for Ukraine over Romania
Rompres news agency, Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Sep 1, 04
BUCHAREST - The recent statement of the Russian ambassador in Kiev Viktor Chernomyrdin voicing support for the Ukraine as regards the building of the Bystre waterway bears out the start of the former Soviet space taking sides, in the context in which Romania is NATO's easternmost border and the future easternmost frontier of the EU, Romania's Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana said on Wednesday [1 September].
The Romanian side, Geoana said, was taken aback by the statement of the Russian ambassador in Kiev, a former highlight of the Russian political circles, as it has sensed a significant difference as compared to Romania's firm stand, condemning the Ukrainian project, which is also supported by the European and Euro-Atlantic communities.
The chief Romanian diplomat pointed out that geo-strategic vested interests are behind this project, as Romania has nothing to win out of Ukrainian ships sailing on the Danube, except for the ridiculous amount of 5m dollars. "This is not about money, but about the geo-strategic ambition to operate a waterway, a route which cannot be controlled by the Euro-Atlantic community," Mircea Geoana said.
The Romanian foreign minister advised the Russian ambassador to Kiev to take interest in Russia's relations with the Ukraine rather than Ukraine's ties with Romania, which is solely the responsibility of the authorities in Bucharest. Mircea Geoana pinpointed that Romania will never stop fighting against this Ukrainian project by making use of all diplomatic means, in a move to have it halted or make it irrelevant. (END) (ARTUIS)
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10. ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU UNDERSTANDS WHY
RUSSIA BACKED UKRAINE OVER DANUBE CANAL
Ukraine should respect cooperation rules between two neighbors
Rompres news agency, Bucharest, Romania, Thu, 2 Sep 04
BUCHAREST - Romanian President Ion Iliescu has said the Russian Federation's stand as regards the construction of Bystre canal is natural. "There is a natural solidarity between the two countries, although we used to get along better with the Russians. It probably is a matter of adaptation of the new states, of the new state," Iliescu said on Thursday [2 September] at the Parliament Palace, during a discussion with the journalists.
President Iliescu reiterated there were also elementary rules of mutual informing on any project of this kind. "There might be a reason for building this canal, but such a construction cannot be made without your partner's agreeing on it. Which will the consequences over the environment be? This is an elementary matter of respecting some cooperation rules between two neighbours," Iliescu underscored.
The Romanian president said that "nobody is right when supporting the breaking of some rules of behaviour". "Even if they have a total justification, we still have to be provided with those studies, agree with them and confront them with our own analyses," Iliescu highlighted.
Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana on Wednesday 1 September said that the recent statement of the Russian ambassador in Kiev Viktor Chernomyrdin voicing support for Ukraine as regards the building of the Bystre waterway bears out the start of the former Soviet space taking sides, in the context in which Romania is NATO's easternmost border and the future easternmost frontier of the EU. (END)(ARTUIS)
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11. ROMANIAN PM HOPES UKRAINE AND ROMANIA WILL
MANAGE TO FOSTER A GOOD PARTNERSHIP
Says EU should take a more active role in Eastern Europe
Rompres news agency, Bucharest, Romania, Wed, 1 Sep 04
BUCHAREST - The basic treaty between Romania and the Ukraine, hastily concluded in 1997 did not solve all bilateral issues, Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase said on Wednesday [1 September] during the annual meeting with Romania's ambassadors and consuls general.
"At this point, the hasty conclusion of the treaty with the Ukraine in 1997 stands out again, as it did not solve all problems, but rather brought about complicity we are still striving to solve," the Romanian Prime Minister said.
He voiced hope that Romania and Ukraine will manage to foster good partnership relations rooted in European values and the principles of good neighbourliness. Adrian Nastase said Romania would not have benefited from the support of the international community in so far as the Bystre waterway is concerned, had it not managed to boost necessary confidence in Romania abroad.
The prime minister stressed that the latest developments in Eastern Europe stand proof that the European Union should take on a more active role in this respect: "We have seen fit a quick designation of a special representative of the European Commission which would cater for more attentive European involvement in these issues of the Eastern neighbouring area," the Romanian PM said. (END) (ARTUIS)
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12. UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER YANUKOVYCH PROMISES
FREE TRADE ZONE WITH RUSSIA IN 2005
ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian, 1 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Tue, Sep 01, 2004
DONETSK - Ukraine's trade with Russia has increased by 35 per cent this year alone, while exports to Russia have gone up 50 by per cent, Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said today during a visit to Zaporizhzhya Region. He also said that a free trade zone with the Russian Federation will be finally created in 2005. [Ukrainian media have not been observed reporting this statement.]
"Russia was the first to meet us halfway by cancelling VAT on fuel. This is a serious step which will allow us to improve price policy on many commodities," the Ukrainian prime minister said. He believes Ukraine will not only manage to maintain the present growth dynamics, but even to improve on it. The prime minister promised the government would closely monitor foreign markets in order not only to maintain the levels of foreign trade but also to increase them with countries like Russia. (END)(ARTUIS)
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13. BORYS TARASYUK: "WHAT UKRAINE WOULD LOOK LIKE
WITH PRESIDENT VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO"
Would turn Ukraine back onto the path of democratic development
"Our Ukraine" Website, Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sep 1, 2004
KYIV - "Candidate from the democratic coalition 'Power of the People' Victor Yushchenko has good chances of winning the presidential elections on 31 October of this year," said the director of the Institute of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, the head of Narodniy Rukh Ukrainy, Borys Tarasyuk, while speaking at the European Forum, which is being held in the town of Alpbach, Austria.
The people's deputy of Ukraine is convinced that the victory of the People's candidate in Ukraine will change the essence of government, which will turn Ukraine back onto the path of democratic development and transparent economy.
According to Tarasyuk, failures on the road to the European integration of Ukraine stem from the policies of the current government: "It is responsible
for building a clan and oligarchic system of government over the last 10 years, the government that ignores the supremacy of law, uses threats, intimidation, and even kills its opponents and journalists that find courage to tell the truth. It continues talking about European and Euro-Atlantic integration while, in reality, holding a course in the opposite direction - dragging Ukraine into the Eurasian space."
Borys Tarasyuk stressed that Ukraine is not like the rest of the CIS- member states: "Ukraine has a powerful opposition that has widespread public support, which was proven at the 2002 parliamentary elections. It is also supported by the fact that it is lead by the most popular politician Victor Yushchenko."
Borys Tarasyuk called on the participants of the European Forum among whom there were representatives of governments, civic organizations, famous politicians, scientists, as well as the representatives of the European Committee to imagine Ukraine after Kuchma. "That Ukraine will be a different country, a country that will conduct consistent foreign and domestic policies, which will become a reliable partner to all the peoples of the European continent," ensured Borys Tarasyuk. (END)
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14. TEXT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BROADCAST BY "OUR
UKRAINE" LEADER VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO ON SEP 2, 2004
UT1 TV, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 2 Sep 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Thursday, Sep 02, 2004
KIEV --- [Voice-over] Yushchenko is standing for president.
[Crowd chanting] Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Yushchenko!
[Voice-over] On 4 July 2004 Yushchenko declared he is standing for present. He is standing for every Ukrainian to finally sense the change they have been yearning for for so long. The authorities are acting outrageously, but this time we shall not allow the vote to be rigged. Do not fear, on 31 October each of us will pass sentence on these authorities. Yushchenko is standing for president. [Yushchenko] I have made the decision - I am standing for president. This is my statement. [applause] This will be a victory for us all! Tell everyone when you come back home - I believe in Ukraine. I know my duty. We shall win together! I believe. I know. We can do it. [Voice-over] Yushchenko is standing for president so that each of us can win, so that each of us can get stronger and be sure of our right to build a future of our country. Yushchenko is standing for president. The day before Yushchenko goes to his home village of Khoruzhivka in Sumy Region, where he prays on his native land - and receives his mother's blessing. [Yushchenko's mother] I bless you. May you accomplish great deeds. May God and good people and everything on earth help you. I thank everyone who supports him. [Voice-over] A prayer on the parents' land and the mother's blessing in order to press ahead with faith, a pure heart and an unbending spirit. [Yushchenko] I believe in Ukraine. I believe in each one of us. [Voice-over] Viktor Yushchenko. Born in the village of Khoruzhivka, Sumy Region, into a family of teachers. His mother is Varvara Tymofiyivna Yushchenko. His father is Andriy Andriyovych Yushchenko. Since the first day of the Great Patriotic War, he had fought on the front-lines in the Soviet army. Shell-shocked, he was taken prisoner and made six attempts to escape from concentration camps. The last one was from Auschwitz. [Yushchenko's mother] The last time he tried to escape was from Auschwitz. But nothing was more painful, he said, than the thought that was always on my mind and that I woke up with every morning - I am going to die anyway, but I have no son. [Voice-over] Viktor Yushchenko was born on 23 February 1954. He is an economist by education. In 1996, he was the head of the National Bank of Ukraine who gave Ukraine the hryvnya. From December 1999 to April 2001 he was the prime minister of Ukraine. Without borrowing a penny, in just one year the Yushchenko government raised the minimum wage and pension by 50 per cent and repaid arrears to the people. That was how the economic revival began. Ukraine started to believe that life would get better. The year 2000. Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc wins an unparalleled victory in the parliamentary election. The year 2004. Viktor Yushchenko is a candidate for the Ukrainian presidency because he has proved his right to be president by his deeds, not words. [Crowd chanting] Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Yushchenko! [Voice-over] Tens of thousands of people on 4 July 2004 gathered in the Singing Field in the Ukrainian capital to be together with Yushchenko, to be with him when he starts his election. Among those who walk next to Yushchenko to the Central Electoral Commission that day are representatives from every city and every village in Ukraine. Everyone wants an honest future. I elect and I am responsible - that will be the will of the voter in every city and every village. [Crowd chanting] Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Yushchenko! Yushchenko! [Yushchenko] Today all of Ukraine, from Luhansk to Lviv, from Chernihiv to Crimea, demands change. [Voice-over] Yushchenko is standing for president. [Yushchenko] I am standing in this election with the slogan "I believe. I know. We can do it." I say I believe because I believe in Ukraine. I believe in each one of us. I believe that we shall build a state where everyone will be proud to say: "Yes, it is my Ukraine." I say I know because I know my duty. Everyone should gain from my actions, regardless of whether they like Yushchenko or not. I say I know because I know what to do. I proved this when I worked at the National Bank and as prime minister of Ukraine. I say we can do it. We can do it - it is the will and inspiration of everyone. Together we can do anything. There are millions of us, and our people are talented. We have a rich land and a great history. We can live like human beings. Everyone will get a chance to earn a worthy living for themselves and their families through honest work. We shall build a fair and humane society. We shall bring about change, which every Ukrainian has been awaiting for so long. The strong will support the weak. The rich will help the poor. [Voice-over] Yushchenko is standing for president. [Yushchenko] Ukraine will no longer be a bargaining chip. Enough pinning our hopes on Europe, America or Russia. We must pull ourselves out of the pit, and we shall do it. Ukraine will be respected. [Voice-over] Do not believe that there are no resources or opportunities for this. It is time to stop stealing. The national wealth is in the pockets of oligarchic clans. Social benefits and privileges are for the select. The criminal authorities are to blame for this. There are double standards in Ukraine. Some laws are for the authorities and their families, others are for us. Those who work in courts, tax inspectorates, police and the SBU [Security Service of Ukraine] are well aware of this. [Yushchenko] An end will be put to corruption. The bandits will be kept in jail. [Voice-over] On 4 July 2004 Yushchenko stated in front of the people that he is standing for president. The countdown to victory is now in days. Despite everything, we shall build a state where everyone will be proud to say - Yes, it is my Ukraine! [Crowd chanting] Yushchenko! Yushchenko! [Yushchenko] This will be a victory for us all. Tell everyone when you come back home - I believe in Ukraine. I know my duty. We shall win together! [Voice-over] All of Ukraine, from Luhansk to Lviv, from Chernihiv to Crimea, demands change.
Today Yushchenko is going where people are waiting for his word and his truth. He will take this truth to every city and every village in Ukraine. Today Yushchenko is giving Ukraine hope. After the election, he will bring change. He has proved he can do it - not in word but in deed.
Ukraine demands change. Ukraine is awaiting change. Ukraine is awaiting Yushchenko. Today Yushchenko is coming to meet the people. After his victory, the state will come to meet the people. The strong will defend the weak. The rich will help the poor. Yushchenko is standing for president.
[Video shows Yushchenko addressing the crowd in Kiev when he nominated himself for president on 4 July 2004, Yushchenko walking through the crowd, shaking hands with people, Our Ukraine flags being waved, crowd chanting; Yushchenko kissing the Ukrainian flag, visiting his home village, praying, being blessed by his mother, kissing an icon; Yushchenko's family photos, pictures of his father and mother; Yushchenko presenting the hryvnya as chief backer; Yushchenko as prime minister and parliamentary faction leader; more video footage from his nomination meeting; young supporters of Yushchenko, a map of Ukraine and his campaign itinerary; ends with his campaign banner reading "Yes!" in Ukrainian. Duration 10 minutes.]
ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No.155: ARTICLE NUMBER FIFTEEN
15. "IS WASHINGTON SENDING MIXED SIGNALS TO UKRAINE?"
Rumors of deal between Rumsfeld and Kuchma
COMMENTARY by Taras Kuzio, Eurasia Daily Monitor
Volume 1, Issue 77, The Jamestown Foundation
Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 2, 2004
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visited Ukraine in mid August to discuss Ukraine's military contingent in Iraq. Since August 2003, Ukraine has had 1,576 troops in Iraq deployed 130 km south of Baghdad in the Polish-run sector. An additional 146 troops are to be rotated in during September and October (Interfax-Ukraine, August 2). Altogether, Ukraine has the fourth largest deployment in Iraq and the largest military force from a non-NATO country. Ukraine has lost eight soldiers, including four who died during non-combat accidents and one suicide.
Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's decided to send Ukrainian troops to Iraq in spring 2003. He needed to repair his personal reputation after Washington had accused Kuchma of bypassing UN sanctions and authorizing the sale of Kolchuga radars to Iraq in July 2000. Kuchma and his allies also hoped the Iraq deployment would encourage Washington to turn a blind eye to any irregularities in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential elections.
During the election campaign the three opposition candidates (Viktor Yushchenko, Oleksandr Moroz, and Petro Symonenko) have all voiced their support for withdrawing Ukrainian troops from Iraq. Channel Five television quoted Yushchenko as saying that the presence of Ukrainian troops in Iraq was an "indulgence to the United States for tolerating anti-democratic actions in Ukraine itself." He went on, "We do not want the renewal of democracy in Iraq at the cost of stifling democracy in Ukraine." Touring the Crimea, Yushchenko promised that if he were elected, he would gradually withdraw Ukrainian forces, now that the Iraqi government can "take care of its own security" (Channel Five TV, August 10).
Kyiv is rife with speculation that a secret deal was struck during Rumsfeld's visit. The Kyiv Weekly, a newspaper formerly owned by Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk's son but recently purchased by the Industrial Union of the Donbas, reported that a quid pro quo had, in fact, been agreed between Rumsfeld and Kuchma. Under the alleged deal, what "Ukraine provides to the U.S. in Iraq is the main guarantee that Washington does not subject Kyiv to being ostracized in the event of dubious results in the Ukrainian presidential election" (Kyiv Weekly, August 20). Thus official threats to withdraw Ukrainian troops made before Rumsfeld's visit to Ukraine were simply a bargaining ploy.
Nevertheless, the Kyiv Weekly warned that two factors could upset this pact. First, Bush could loose the U.S. presidential election and void the deal. The Democratic Party has threatened to withhold visas to Ukrainian officials and to investigate their offshore bank accounts (New York Times, March 17). Second, Western Europe and the EU were not party to the agreement and could still criticize election fraud.
Whatever Kuchma and Rumsfeld discussed, the pro-presidential media still are anti-American. The pro-presidential centrists are the only political forces in the Ukrainian parliament who are continuing to support the presence of Ukrainian troops in Iraq. State television is broadcasting warnings by pro-presidential candidates, on both the extreme left and the extreme right, to vote against Yushchenko because he is a "nationalist" and has an American wife. Many of the stations airing these warnings are controlled by Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the Presidential Administration.
Prior to Rumsfeld's visit, the Ukrainian authorities had begun leaking stories and making off-hand comments that they were considering withdrawing Ukrainian troops from Iraq. This exercise was part of an ongoing operation aimed at extracting advantages for Kuchma and his chosen successor, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. The Ukrainian authorities understand that after Spain withdrew its troops earlier this year, withdrawing Ukrainian troops prior to the U.S. elections would harm President Bush's ratings.
Yanukovych has been lukewarm in his support for Ukraine's troops in Iraq. He knows that three-quarters of Ukrainians want them back home and this policy could affect his election chances. On a campaign tour of Donetsk just prior to Rumsfeld's visit, Yanukovych warned that Ukraine would be reducing its military contingent in Iraq. With these remarks he sought to distance his candidacy from the highly unpopular issue of Ukrainian troops in Iraq.
Defense Minister Marchuk had already raised this theme through diplomatic channels with Poland and the United States (Era Television Channel, July 29). But after meeting Rumsfeld in the Crimea, Marchuk refuted rumors that Ukraine was considering pulling out its troops, warning, "No one can give you a deadline [for withdrawal] yet" (AP, August 13). Their withdrawal will depend, Marchuk explained, on how quickly Iraq establishes its own security forces.
While the rumors of a secret deal between Rumsfeld and Kuchma are probably false, Washington continues to send mixed signals to Kyiv. The U.S. Congress and State Department have joined with the EU and Council of Europe to send strong signals about the need to hold free and fair elections. A U.S. delegation, led by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), visited Kyiv last week and reiterated these concerns, which is, of course, what the opposition want to hear. At the same time, the Ukrainian opposition believes the U.S. National Security Council and Department of Defense are more interested in Iraq than democratization. (END) (ARTUIS)
Taras Kuzio is a Visiting Professor at the Institute for European , Russian and Eurasian Studies, Elliott School International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
ACTION UKRAINE REPORT-04, No.155: ARTICLE NUMBER SIXTEEN
16. "ONCE OFF LIMITS, CRIMEAN PENINSULA IS NOW OPEN"
John Thomson takes a stroll along Ukraine's Black Sea promenades
and retraces the charge of the Light Brigade in 1854
By John Thomson, Guardian Unlimited, London, UK, Wed, Sep 1, 2004
CRIMEA - We looked out across the Valley of Death, as Lord Raglan had looked 150 years earlier, before the charge of the Light Brigade on October 25, 1854. Rain drizzled down and the view was mistier than it had been then, so the landscape looked flattened out - but then, that seems to have been the mistake he made too.
Olga, our battlefield guide, was dressed up in high Ukrainian fashion - leather jacket, winkle-picker toes reaching halfway to Kiev - which looked out of place on a rural hillside in the rain. But she knew her stuff, launching into a stirring Tennyson recital, in perfect English:
"Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred..."
I half expected the valley to be like one of those canyons the Lone Ranger gallops through, with Indians raining arrows down from the cliff tops. It's not that dramatic, but lethal enough if your enemy has cannon rather than bows and war paint.
There are two fairly broad valleys running between modest hills and separated by a low ridge. From his viewpoint on a higher hill further off, Raglan, the British commander, spotted the Russians on the ridge hauling away British cannon they'd captured. This would never do - they might use them as evidence that they'd won - so he sent an order to his generals on the valley floor telling them to prevent it.
He didn't realise that down below, they couldn't see these guns. All they saw was the Russian heavy artillery at the head of the northern valley, and this was what they concluded they were meant to attack. So off they trotted, as disciplined as if they were on parade, breaking into a gallop, and gradually being mowed down from three sides. "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre," observed a French marshal.
It wasn't as suicidal as is sometimes supposed: 673 men rode out; 118 were killed and 127 wounded. (The loss of 360 horses was the real problem.) But it was a military disaster - as Tennyson, and Olga, noted: "Someone had blundered." The blame was conveniently pinned on Captain Lewis Nolan, who carried Raglan's order to the generals but may have misinterpreted it; as the first to die, he was in no position to answer back.
Now, the Valley of Death is a vineyard, growing in the rich earth for which Ukraine is famous. Bullets and badges still come to the surface in the soil occasionally, as do unexploded second world war bombs. A small white obelisk recalls those who fell.
The battlefield was long off-limits not only to tourists but to locals too: in Soviet times the fleet, like its tsarist predecessor, was based at Sevastopol nearby, and Balaklava harbour was used for repairing sub- marines - in a cave, away from prying American satellites.
But the Soviet Union has gone, replaced by independent Ukraine, which welcomes foreigners and their money to the Crimean peninsula, its Black Sea playground.
You can see why the British used Balaklava's sheltered, winding harbour as a supply base. It now wants to be a tourist resort. The waterfront is being spruced up; buildings are getting a lick of paint. You can go into the hidden cave. But it all still has that ramshackle Soviet air. Down by the fishing boats, men sit fishing, and women sit selling snacks. The view is spoiled by a rusty floating dock, which will have to go if this is to become the St Tropez of the Black Sea.
As for Sevastopol, founded by the ancient Greeks and also recently opened to the world, it now houses both Ukrainian and Russian fleets in its harbour. This will be the centre for Crimean war commemorations. The Earl of Cardigan, descendant of the Light Brigade commander, will be there with a tour group; the descendant of the overall cavalry leader, Lord Lucan, probably not.
The city has a striking war attraction worth a visit: a 360-degree panorama painted on the inside wall of a circular building, depicting the 1854-55 British siege of the city. Its realistic detail artfully enhanced by three-dimensional artefacts in the foreground, it is 115 meters long and 14 metres high.
Sevastopol was besieged again when the second world war came to Crimea. The best-known name from that era is Yalta, the health resort where Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill got together in 1945 to carve up the post-war world. This took place at the white, Italian renaissance-style Livadia Palace, in big gardens overlooking the sea, and you can still see the round table where the deal was signed, once Stalin had fooled the other two into thinking he'd allow a free Poland.
Tsar Nicholas II, who built the palace as a summer home, was not the only Yalta visitor. Chekhov lived here, in a villa with some cherry trees, writing The Cherry Orchard. Khrushchev and Gorbachev had dachas along the coast, and it became more or less the only Soviet seaside resort, replete with socialist health spas. Locals were sniffy about the "cotton tourists" - the workers, who came in summer - preferring the "velvet" ones, the artists and professionals who turned up in autumn.
Russians still flock in, along with Ukrainians and a smattering of other Europeans (a 50-mile trolleybus ride, the world's longest and arguably prettiest, goes to Simferopol, the nearest airport). Ringed by mountains and sea, the town's green, if a bit grubby in its back streets. It offers healthy nature walks, with Europe's highest waterfall, Uchan-su, almost 92m if it doesn't dry up in summer. The spas are still there.
You can visit the Massandra vineyard, the golden-domed Alexander Nevsky cathedral, Chekhov's home, or the vaguely Moorish Alupka palace nearby, as well as taking daytrips to Balaklava. On a boat trip round the bay, you may find dolphins splashing in your wake. Restaurants are cheap and cheerful, though English isn't always spoken. Try the Swallow's Nest: the food is OK but the setting - it's a sort of mini-castle perched on a crag over the ocean - is spectacular.
The traffic-free promenade by the sea, with palm trees and pastel-shaded buildings, is the heart of Yalta. The beach itself is nothing much, pebbles and concrete, but holidaymakers stroll by, stopping to watch chess matches, test bouncy castles, eat big Macs (opposite the statue of Lenin), or dress in 18th-century costume to pose for photographs in drawing rooms set up on the strand.
On a warm summer evening, it's all very relaxed and civilised. You could be in a Greek or Italian town or even, in the dim light of dusk, somewhere on England's south coast. Ukraine, far away on the Black Sea, is part of Europe after all.
WAY TO GO
John Thompson travelled with Prospect Tours (020 7486 5704). An eight- day tour of Kiev and the Crimea, including flights (international with Ukraine International, internal with Aerosvit), four nights at the Oreanda hotel on the Yalta seafront, and a daytrip to Balaklava guided by Olga Makarova, costs £1,150, plus about £60 for a Ukrainian visa. Other tour operators with Crimean itineraries include: Voyages Jules Verne (0845 166 7000), Noble Caledonia cruises (020 7752 0000) Regent (0117 921 1711) Intourist (020 7727 4100)
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