§ 33. Ms SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on bilateral relations with Ukraine. [125239]
§ Mr. VazBilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Ukraine are very good. We engage with Ukraine in a broad range of activity and maintain close contacts at working and ministerial level. I had three meetings with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Borys Tarasyuk, in 1999 and visited Kiev in April this year. I have invited Mr. Tarasyuk to pay an official visit to the United Kingdom in early 2001. The newly established UK-Ukraine Consultative Mechanism provides an additional channel for regular dialogue between 10 Downing Street and the President's Administration.