aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Ukraine: President Kuchma's Offer to Allow Experts Access to Records (Taken Questions) (fwd)

[Max Pyziur <pyz@brama.com>]

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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:27:02 -0400
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Subject: Ukraine: President Kuchma's Offer to Allow Experts Access to
    Records          (Taken Questions)

        Taken Questions
 Office of the Spokesman
 Washington, DC
 September 25, 2002
 Question Taken At September 25, 2002 Daily Press Briefing

 Ukraine: President Kuchma's Offer to Allow Experts Access to Records


 Q: Has the Government of Ukraine contacted us yet regarding President
 Kuchma's offer to allow experts access to records regarding the alleged
 clandestine sale of the "Kolchuga" early warning systems to Iraq? If
 so, has the U.S. responded to the offer?

 A: The Government of Ukraine has contacted us. We strongly have urged
 Ukrainian officials to be as transparent and forthcoming as possible.

 Unfortunately, we do not believe that the Government of Ukraine has
 been candid with us in the past on this issue. We are considering the
 possibility of this type of visit by U.S. experts to Ukraine, but
 before proceeding, we would want to have confidence that Ukrainian
 officials are prepared to address this issue in a transparent way and
 that appropriate understandings about the scope of work and access were
 in place in order for the effort to be productive.


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 Released on September 25, 2002

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