[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
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                    AMERICAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONSHIP

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                            HON. TOM LANTOS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 1994

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit for the Record the 
following communique from the Center for Strategic and International 
Studies.

                               Communique

       To foster a closer American-Ukrainian relationship, a group 
     of concerned American and Ukrainian citizens, acting in their 
     private capacities, have established a joint American-
     Ukrainian Advisory Committee. Through a consultative process, 
     the Committee will seek to identify opportunities for closer 
     political and economic cooperation between our two countries.
       The Committee's inaugural meeting was held in Washington on 
     February 24. The participants included the following:
       On the American side:
       Dwayne O. Andreas, Chairman of the Board and Chief 
     Executive of Archer Daniels Midland Company; Zbigniew 
     Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser; Gen. John R. 
     Galvin, USA(Ret.) of West Point, former NATO Commander; 
     Michael H. Jordan, Chairman and Chief Executive of 
     Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Henry Kissinger, former 
     Secretary of State; George Soros, Soros Fund Management.
       On the Ukrainian side:
       Kostyantyn Petrovych Morozov, former Minister of Defense; 
     Dmytro Vasylyovych Pavlychko, Chairman, Permanent Commission 
     on Foreign Affairs of Ukrainian Parliament; Borys Ivanovych 
     Tarasyuk, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Volodymyr 
     Oleksandrovych Sumin, Chairman, Council of Entrepreneurs of 
     Ukraine. In addition, present at the meeting were Ambassador 
     Oleh Grygorovych Bilorus and Yuliy Yakovlevych Ioffe, Head of 
     the Ukrainian Trade Mission in Washington, and former Deputy 
     Prime Minister.
       Unavoidably absent from the meeting were two American 
     members (Frank Carlucci, Carlyle Group, and former Secretary 
     of Defense; and Malcolm S. Forbes, President and Chief 
     Executive Officer, Forbes Magazine) and three Ukrainian 
     members (Viktor Mykhaylovych Pynzenyk, former Deputy Prime 
     Minister for Economic Reform and People's Deputy, Parliament 
     of Ukraine; Anton Denysovych Buteiko, advisor to the 
     President of Ukraine; and Volodymyr Borysovych Hrynyov, 
     Deputy, Parliament of Ukraine).
       Those present agreed on the following basic principles;
       1. That an independent and secure Ukraine, in its 
     internationally recognized borders, is in the U.S. national 
     interest;
       2. That a closer American-Ukrainian relationship is not 
     directed at any other state; and that the United States 
     should pursue an evenhanded relationship with both Russia and 
     Ukraine, specifically in regard to high level visits, 
     economic aid, and other forms of cooperation;
       3. That a cooperative Ukrainian-Russian relationship, based 
     on respect for each other's sovereignty and territorial 
     integrity, and of other norms and principles of international 
     law, is not only in the interest of both these countries but 
     also in America's interest;
       4. It is essential to create new mechanisms of American-
     Ukrainian consultations on national security issues, 
     including its military, economic, technological, 
     environmental, and informational components;
       5. That a comprehensive reform program for the Ukrainian 
     economy, that will inspire public confidence by instilling 
     hope in the citizenry for a better future, is an overdue and 
     urgent necessity;
       6. That the United States should take the lead in the 
     development of comprehensive G-7, IMF, and World Bank support 
     for such a program.
       To further the above goals, a number of specific 
     recommendations were discussed. They will be pursued in 
     greater depth by the Committee's task forces both in 
     Washington and in Kyiv.
       The next meeting of the Advisory Committee will be held in 
     Kyiv at a date to be mutually agreed later in the year.

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