The meeting took place at the Ukrainian President’s personal dacha in the village of Noviye Bezradichi.
Before the meeting began, Mr Putin presented a bouquet of flowers to Mr Yushchenko’s wife, Katerina. Mr Yushchenko then showed Mr Putin a collection of Ukrainian folk objects from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The two Presidents then continued their discussion together over dinner.
See also
Visit to Ukraine
March 19, 2005