Moscow, September 4 (Interfax) – The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko will meet in Kharkiv in October, said Russian prime minister's press secretary Dmitry Peskov on Echo Moskvy radio station on Friday.
Earlier, Ukrainian Ambassador to Russia Kostiantyn
Hryschenko said that a meeting of a joint economic cooperation
committee chaired by the Russian and Ukrainian premiers, Vladimir Putin
and Yulia Tymoshenko, is likely to be held in Kharkiv in October,
“The meeting of the sub-committee for economic
cooperation of the Russian-Ukrainian interstate commission will be held
in Kharkiv in October. The exact date hasn’t been settled yet. Whereas
the two countries’ presidents preside over the interstate commission,
the meeting of the sub-committee for economic cooperation will be
chaired by the premiers,” the ambassador told Ekho Moskvy radio on
Friday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is also expected to visit Kharkiv ahead of the meeting in October, Hryschenko added.
While speaking about the possibility for the two
countries’ presidents meeting, the ambassador said Ukraine is ready to
consider this matter.
“We are open,” he said.
