Kazakh, Armenia presidents congratulate Yanukovich on victory
ITAR-TASS News Agency
November 25, 2004 Thursday 1:04 PM Eastern Time
KIEV, November 25 — The presidents of Kazakhstan and Armenia,
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Robert Kocharyan, congratulated Viktor
Yanukovich on winning the presidential election in Ukraine, the press
service of the incumbent prime minister reports.
Nazarbayev’s congratulatory message says: “My cordial congratulations
upon your election to the supreme post in Ukraine. Your victory
bespeaks of the choice of the Ukrainian people in favour of the
nation’s unity, the democratic path of development and the economic
progress. People in Kazakhstan attach particular importance to the
further development of many-faceted ties with fraternal Ukraine and
the strengthening of cooperation in all areas of mutual interest”.
Kazakhstan’s president expressed the confidence that “the relations
of mutual understanding and confidence between our countries will be
developed further” during Yanukovich’s presidency.
The Armenian president in his congratulatory message expressed the
confidence that “friendship and mutual understanding between Armenia
and Ukraine will continue developing successfully and deepening to the
benefit of our states and peoples”. Kocharyan wished health and success
to Yanukovich and well-being and prosperity to the Ukrainian people.