New York, September 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) - A meeting between Ukrainian and U.S. presidents Victor Yushchenko and Barack Obama remains on the agenda for the future, Ukraine's Acting Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandohiy has said.
He told reporters in New York on Wednesday that a meeting had not been planned for the Ukrainian president’s current visit to the United States to attend the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.
“A meeting with Obama was not planned,” Khandohiy said, contradicting earlier statements by Yushchenko and his presidential office suggesting that such a meeting was sought.
He said that Obama usually holds no bilateral meetings at the UN General Assembly, except extremely important ones that concern global issues.
He said that around 79 presidents had arrived in the United States to attend the session, and added that “it would not be quite appropriate to give preferences to some of them.”
Khandohiy also said that “Yushchenko would have a short meeting with the U.S. president” at a reception late on Wednesday.
