PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VICTOR YUSHCHENKO ENDS HIS VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN

A concert on the occasion of the opening of the Ukrainian Cultural Days took place in the Muslim Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic within the framework of the visit of President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko to Azerbaijan.
Press-service of the President told APA, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko watched the concert program performed by the Ukrainian artists. Following the concert, a miniature of the Taras Shevchenko’s monument erected in Baku was presented to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at the Philharmonic’s Hall. Author of the monument, the Ukrainian sculptor Igor Grechanik said presenting the miniature of the freedom fighter Taras Shevchenko’s monument to the President of Azerbaijan had a symbolic character. The head of state called the opening of the Taras Shevchenko’s monument in Baku as a remarkable event and congratulated its author for the successful work. With this the Ukrainian president ended his one-day working visit to Azerbaijan. The presidents of Azerbaijan and Ukraine held a tete-a-tete meeting within the visit and then the meeting was continued with the participation of the government officials. The parts agreed on the opening of the Azerbaijani school in Ukraine and Ukrainian school in Azerbaijan, as well as other discussed issues. After the negotiations the presidents held a briefing for the journalists. They noted that Azerbaijani-Ukrainian relations reached a level of strategic partnership and were intensifying gradually. Then the presidents attended the opening ceremony of the Taras Shevchenko’s monument in Baku. President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko will leave for Batumi, Georgia on Tuesday to attend the GUAM Third Summit.
Baku –APA