Remarks With Ukrainian President-Elect Viktor Yushchenko At the Beginning of Their Meeting

PRESIDENT-ELECT YUSHCHENKO (in Ukrainian): First of all, it's my pleasure to welcome you to Ukraine again. You are living in a very special time here - what you are going to see at the Maidan [Independence Square] and the whole of the Ukrainian public and the great expectations we are having. I'm sure you're going to see hundreds of thousands of people with bright, sparkling eyes. And this is the result of really tremendous work which has been done for the past six months and I'm extremely happy that my team has been able to plan a concept that would be so appealing to people. But this would not have happened if we didn't have the partners we had that are advocating democratic principles and shared democratic values, and I certainly include in this list the United States of America and your personal contribution.