Ukraine greets U.S. on Independence Day

Below is the text of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma's greeting to President Bill Clinton on the occasion of American Independence Day.

July 4, 1997
City of Kyiv

His Excellency William J. Clinton
President of the United States of America
Washington, D.C.

Dear Bill:

With heartfelt sincerity, I greet you and all of the American people on the occasion of your national holiday - the Independence Day of the United States of America.

From the moment that the Ukrainian people succeeded in realizing the age-old right to its own state, the triumphal festivities of independence day celebrations became equally dear and moving to us.

I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to affirm the steadiness of our course toward a deeper strategic partnership with your great country, which experienced a period of struggle for self-assertion and independence similar to that which Ukraine is undergoing today.

On behlaf of all Ukrainians, I wish your nation enduring prosperity, as well as happiness, peace and well-being to every American family.

Respectfully yours,
Leonid Kuchma

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, July 6, 1997, No. 27, Vol. LXV

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