OFFICIAL NEWS
UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT VIKTOR YUSCHENKO TELEPHONES PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV
President Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine today has made a call to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. He congratulated the President of Azerbaijan on his birthday and wished him good health and every success in work.
Mr. Yuschenko also offered condolences to the Azerbaijani President, people of the country and families and friends of the victims of the air crash noting he had ordered on sending a delegation to Baku to get involved in the investigation.
President Ilham Aliyev let his Ukrainian counterpart know that a State Commission had been set up to investigate the accident.
During the conversation, the two leaders also discussed Azerbaijan-Ukraine bilateral relationship, cooperation in GUAM and other issues of mutual interest.