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veer, of the White House staff, who was the pivotal force behind the invitations to the Sisters, commented that they were “women who do all the work and seldom get recognition.” At the State Department, guests were greeted by a superb exhibit of Ukrainian embroidery and handicrafts, most of them on loan from the Ukrainian Museum in New York. Members of UNWLA Branch 78 were instru mental in arranging this exhibit. That afternoon, during a joint press conference at the Old Executive Building, Presidents Clinton and Kuchma informed members of the media that they had signed a number of bilateral documents, among them the Charter for American-Ukrainian partnership, the Friendship and Cooperation Agreement, and the Agree ment on Cooperation in the Sphere of Space Explora tion. To encourage and expand Ukrainian-American economic relations, a Joint Statement on Expansion of Trade and Investment was signed by Ukraine’s Foreign Economic Relations Minister Serhiy Osyka and U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown. American and Ukrainian Flags at the State Department in Washington, D. C. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA OF UKRAINE AT STATE ARRIVAL CEREMONY The South Lawn 11:08 A.M. EST PRESIDENT CLINTON: Mr. President, Mrs. Kuchma, members of the Ukrainian delegation, representatives of the Ukrainian-American community, distinguished guests. It is indeed an honor to welcome to Washington the leader of one of the world’s youngest democracies and oldest nations. To have you here with us today, Mr. President, is to be reminded that we live in era of wond ers, a time when people's long-denied hope or having age-old dreams fulfilled, a time when the unstoppable power of men and women who wish to be free has been demonstrated anew. The rebirth of Ukraine as an independent state after centuries of rule by others is one of the most inspiring developments of our time. For ages Ukraine was divided by competing empires, then subjugated to tsars and commissars. Despite efforts to create an independent Ukraine, dictators, terrible famines and relentless oppression all combined to deny your people the right to shape their ’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУДЕНЬ 1994 15
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