THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                  November 22, 1994
				   

	      JOINT SUMMIT STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT CLINTON
	       AND PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE LEONID D. KUCHMA


    On the occasion of his State visit to the United States on
November 21-23, 1994, Leonid D. Kuchma, President of Ukraine, met with
William J. Clinton, President of the United States, to open a
qualitatively new stage in the growing U.S.-Ukrainian partnership
aimed at furthering bilateral and multilateral cooperation on a broad
range of issues between the two countries.

    The Presidents renewed their shared commitment to broaden the
bilateral democratic partnership into which the two countries have
entered.  President Clinton underscored the importance the United
States attaches to the independence, sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Ukraine.  In this context, President Clinton assured
President Kuchma that the United States will continue to give high
priority to supporting Ukraine in its efforts to achieve genuine
economic independence, its transition to a market economy and its
integration into the global economic system.

Bilateral Relations

    In keeping with their commitment to strengthen bilateral relations,
President Clinton and President Kuchma signed the Charter of
American-Ukrainian Partnership, Friendship and Cooperation.  The
Presidents praised the Charter as the framework for developing closer
relations over the coming years.  President Clinton noted in particular
Ukraine's valuable contribution to this new framework by its momentous
decision to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is an
historic step forward on the road toward strengthening the
international nuclear weapons nonproliferation regime and global
security and stability.


    The Presidents inaugurated this new framework of bilateral
relations by signing an Agreement on Cooperation in the Exploration and
Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes and agreed to work closely to
explore additional bilateral cooperative space-related opportunities in
the future.  They noted that this process had begun with a U.S.-Ukraine
discussion of Ukraine's interest in the commercial launch market.

    Both Presidents expressed their determination to broaden bilateral
cooperation in a range of new areas.  During the visit, the two
governments brought into force a bilateral customs cooperation
agreement and announced their intention to conclude negotiations on a
bilateral civil aviation agreement.  The Presidents recognized the
threat that organized crime and corruption pose for reform and expanded
business activity in Ukraine, and they agreed to cooperate in combating
crime and promoting the rule of law as an essential safeguard of social
stability and civil and human rights.  The Presidents will encourage
exchanges among Ukrainians and Americans in the fields of science,
technology and education.  The Presidents, noting the valuable role of
culture in bringing nations closer together, voiced support for
wide-ranging cultural contacts between the United States and Ukraine.
Both Presidents also recognized the importance of health care for the
well-being of their people, and President Clinton announced that the
United States would provide Ukraine hospital equipment, medical
supplies and assistance with health programs.

    The Presidents intend to maintain frequent high-level bilateral
contacts to assure timely and effective implementation of activities.
President Kuchma invited President Clinton to make an official return
visit to Ukraine at the earliest convenient opportunity.  President
Clinton accepted this invitation with pleasure.

Economic Cooperation

    The Presidents agreed that market-oriented economic reform provides
the surest path to Ukraine's economic revival and its integration into
the world economy.  President Clinton reaffirmed full U.S. support for
the reform policies recently adopted by President Kuchma's government
and its conclusion of an IMF Systemic Transformation Facility program.
President Kuchma outlined plans for accelerating the process of
economic reform.  These plans include intensifying structural reform
efforts to encourage competition through enhanced macroeconomic
stabilization and increased privatization.  President Clinton commended
President Kuchma for his leadership on economic reform and encouraged
him to work toward early completion of negotiations with the IMF on a
stand-by program.  He stressed the importance of Ukraine's reform
measures and the United States' readiness to support Ukraine in their
implementation.

    President Clinton announced that the United States would provide
$200 million in new assistance to Ukraine in Fiscal Year 1995.  Of this
amount, $103 million will finance technical and economic assistance
activities.  The remaining $97 million will provide balance of payments
support, consisting of $72 million in an energy sector grant and $25
million in USDA concessional food credits, as provided in agreements
signed by the two Governments during the State visit.  When combined
with $3 million of pharmaceuticals and other commodities from Fiscal
Year 1994, the United States will provide $100 million in balance of
payments support in the next few months to reinforce Ukraine's IMF
program.

    This United States economic support is in recognition of Ukraine's
major initiative to launch a comprehensive economic reform program.
This support is in addition to the $350 million in economic assistance
committed to Ukraine in March 1994, the major part of which will take
effect once reforms have begun.  The Presidents reviewed the progress
made in the implementation of economic assistance programs for Ukraine
and agreed to work together to accelerate delivery and ensure the full
disbursement of all current and previous commitments, as well as the
effectiveness of these programs.

    President Kuchma expressed appreciation for United States
leadership in mobilizing international support for Ukraine,
particularly the prompt United States response to the Ukrainian request
for balance of payments support.  Looking to the future, President
Clinton reaffirmed United States commitments made at the Washington
donor session and the Winnipeg G-7 conference in October and his
intention to continue the United States' leading role in encouraging
international support for Ukrainian reform.

    The Presidents recognized the important contribution the private
sector can make to Ukraine's economic prosperity through expanded trade
and investment.  President Clinton welcomed Ukraine's ratification of
the bilateral investment treaty and noted that the Western NIS
Enterprise Fund has now opened its offices in Kiev.  President Kuchma
expressed the hope that the U.S. Senate would ratify the treaty at an
early date.  The leaders emphasized the importance of privatization if
expanded cooperation between American enterprises and an emerging
private sector in Ukraine is to begin in earnest.


    On November 21 President Kuchma and members of his government
participated in an OPIC-sponsored business conference which reviewed
investment opportunities in Ukraine.  Both Presidents agreed that there
was enormous potential for private sector cooperation in developing key
sectors of the Ukrainian economy.  They specified, in particular,
agriculture and food processing; pharmaceuticals and medical equipment;
energy, including fossil and environmentally sound and safe nuclear
power; aerospace, consistent with international obligations; civil
aviation; telecommunications; environment and defense conversion.

    The two leaders noted that the first session of the Joint
U.S.-Ukrainian Commission on Trade and Investment is meeting during the
State visit to discuss ways of promoting business cooperation and
removing barriers to expanded trade and increased investment in
Ukraine.  The Commission is discussing the tax, legal and regulatory
changes that Ukraine will need to adopt to support private business
activity.  President Clinton recognized the special circumstances
facing economies in transition, such as Ukraine's, which seek to expand
export markets, and offered to consult with the U.S. Congress on
appropriate ways of reflecting this in U.S. trade legislation.  The
Presidents noted that expanded trade will be critical to the success of
Ukrainian economic reform and agreed to make the expansion of trade and
investment a priority in their economic cooperation efforts.

    The Presidents also agreed to work toward expanding economic
cooperation within a multilateral framework and to promote Ukraine's
integration into the global economy.  President Clinton reaffirmed the
United States' support for Ukraine's accession to the GATT/WTO, and
noted that the United States is providing assistance to the Ukrainian
government to support this process.  The United States is also chairing
the working group in Geneva overseeing Ukraine's accession.

    The Presidents noted that the resolution of Ukraine's energy
problems would have an important and positive impact on Ukraine's
economic recovery.  President Kuchma welcomed the United States'
decision to provide part of its special balance of payments assistance
in the form of an energy sector grant.  Both leaders reviewed the
progress that has been made in implementing cooperative programs aimed
at the restructuring and reforming of Ukraine's energy sector and
improving nuclear reactor safety.  President Kuchma informed President
Clinton of the recent agreement Ukraine reached with IAEA on the
application of IAEA safeguards to all nuclear materials, except those
for nuclear propulsion, utilized in Ukraine.


    The Presidents agreed to continue to work together for the full
implementation of the G-7 Naples Action Plan, and recognized that this
will require G-7 cooperation and assistance.  President Clinton drew
attention to the significant resource commitments made at Naples, Corfu
and Winnipeg and to the importance of receiving early assurances that
the Chornobyl reactors would be shut down in accordance with the G-7
Action Plan.  President Kuchma assured President Clinton that Ukraine
takes seriously the international community's concerns about the
continued operation of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.  He expressed
Ukraine's readiness to work with the G-7 nations in the implementation
of the Naples Action Plan, noting that its successful implementation is
connected with a series of measures, including preparing the closure of
the nuclear reactors, minimizing the social impact on the plant's
personnel, and ensuring that sufficient economically-priced electricity
is available to meet Ukraine's domestic needs.  He also stressed the
importance that Ukraine places on improving the stability of the
shelter installed over the damaged reactor.  Both Presidents agreed on
the need for further close work in the G-7/Ukraine Task Force to ensure
the future closure of Chornobyl, as envisioned in the G-7 Action Plan,
as an integral part of a comprehensive solution to Ukraine's energy
problems.

Defense and Security

    The Presidents expressed satisfaction with the accomplishments and
pace of implementation of the January 14 Trilateral Statement signed by
the Presidents of the United States, Ukraine, and the Russian
Federation.  In addition, they renewed their commitment to
international efforts to reduce sharply the threat and proliferation of
nuclear weapons.

    President Clinton congratulated Ukraine on its decision to accede
to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the
historic renunciation of nuclear weapons which it represents and
reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to provide security assurances to
Ukraine in connection with its accession to the NPT by signing a
Memorandum on Security Assurances on the margins of the Budapest CSCE
Summit.

    The Presidents look forward to early entry into force of the
START-I treaty and agreed that the Lisbon Protocol Signatories should
exchange instruments of ratification on the margins of the Budapest
CSCE Summit.  Both Presidents reiterated their views that the START-I
treaty would not only serve the mutual interests of both countries, but
also would serve to strengthen global peace and stability.



    Both Presidents agreed to work closely to ensure the timely
implementation of Nunn-Lugar programs intended to facilitate the
dismantlement of strategic offensive arms and the security of nuclear
weapons, achieve our joint non-proliferation objectives, and help in
the conversion of Ukraine's defense industries.  The Presidents agreed
on the importance of identifying as soon as possible programs of
assistance under the Nunn-Lugar program, using the $75 million
allocated to Ukraine out of Fiscal Year 1995 Nunn-Lugar funds.  Both
acknowledged the progress that had been made to date, noting in
particular the utility of U.S.  deactivation assistance, procurement of
missile fuel storage tanks and the imminent completion of a
U.S.-Ukraine communications link.  The Presidents also recognized the
significant contribution of the fourteen Western countries and the
European Union in providing $234 million of dismantlement and related
assistance for Ukraine.

    The Presidents discussed the evolving European security structure.
They agreed that this process should be managed in a manner that
strengthens the stability and security of all nations of Europe.  As a
tangible example of Ukraine's overall importance in European security
and the U.S. commitment to expanded Ukrainian cooperation with NATO,
President Clinton announced that the United States would make funds
available to Ukraine under the Warsaw Initiative to support Ukrainian
participation in the Partnership for Peace.  The funds will contribute
to Ukraine's ability to promote the objectives of the Partnership.

    The two leaders announced that the two countries had agreed to move
forward with a $600,000 International Military Training and Education
Program to assist in the professional development of Ukraine's armed
forces.  The Presidents also pledged to continue to expand military and
defense contact programs designed to assist Ukraine in the
restructuring of its defense establishment which is now under civilian
leadership for the first time.  In addition, the sides announced that
Ukraine will host a U.S.-Ukraine combined peacekeeping training
exercise late next spring.  In the area of defense industry conversion,
President Clinton informed President Kuchma that the United States
would continue to provide assistance to U.S.-Ukraine joint ventures and
would seek new partners for the important work of defense conversion.

    The Presidents noted the importance of proceeding with defense
industry conversion priorities and the need to expand opportunities for
trade and investment in high technology industries.  They also
underscored the importance of the bilateral U.S.-Ukraine Memorandum of
Understanding on the


Transfer of Missile Equipment and Technology signed last May 13.  The
Presidents also recognized the importance of broader international
cooperation in ensuring reliable control over exports of sensitive
materials and technology.  President Clinton expressed the hope that
Ukraine would become a member of the MTCR at an early date and
reiterated that the U.S. would support Ukraine in achieving this goal.
They agreed to work together toward Ukraine's full participation in a
successor regime to COCOM.  President Clinton was pleased to note that
a Science and Technology Center, funded by the United States and other
donors, will soon begin operations in Ukraine and that this would
assist Ukraine in redirecting the work of former defense scientists
and engineers to civilian purposes.

Diplomatic Endeavors

    Consistent with the new stage of bilateral relations, the
Presidents also underscored the importance of ensuring that the
diplomatic missions of both countries be fully capable of conducting
their operations without hindrance.  With this in mind, the Presidents
announced the exchange of diplomatic notes to lift employment
restrictions on diplomatic personnel and their families.  President
Clinton also used this occasion to welcome Ukraine's newly appointed
Ambassador to the United States, Yuriy Shcherbak, to Washington, D.C.

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