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UNIAN news agency, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian, 10 Apr 04
BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Apr 10, 2004
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KIEV - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko has received a
letter from the US Secretary of State Colin Powell. UNIAN learnt this from
the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's spokesman, Markiyan Lubkivskyy.
The letter of the American foreign ministry says in particular: "On behalf
of the government of the USA and the American people, I would like to
personally express huge gratitude to the Ukrainian government for its
constant unflinching support of the coalition efforts to establish stability
and a new future for the people of Iraq."
In his letter, Powell highly praised the courage and bravery shown by the
Ukrainian peacekeepers, in particular, during the latest events in the city
of Al-Kut [when Ukrainian peacekeepers were forced to withdraw from their
positions under heavy fire from Shi'i militants, see "Ukrainian Defence
Ministry gives details of Iraqi city surrender", UNIAN news agency, Kiev, in
Ukrainian 1448 gmt 8 Apr 04].
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Powell also said that he was ready to hold dialogue and discussion on the
progress of the peacekeeping mission and the future of Iraq.
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