President Aliyev to pay official visit to Ukraine shortly

President Ilham Aliyev is scheduled to pay a two-day official visit to Kiev, the Ukraine on June 3, 2004.

Vasili Baziv, head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, told a briefing on Friday that during the visit President Aliyev and his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma would discuss bilateral cooperation, mutual relations within international and regional cooperation as well as cooperation in transportation of energy resources to Europe.

A number of bilateral documents are also planned to be signed during the visit.

According to Baziv, President Aliyev will unveil a monument to late Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev, who had great contributions to the establishment and development of relations between the two countries.*