China’s President Hu Jintao is returning to Beijing after wrapping up his Eurasian tour, which took him to Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. China’s official news agency Xinhua reported that President Hu left Ukraine’s capital Kyiv late Monday. Earlier in the day, the Chinese president and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych oversaw the signing of $3.5 […]
Ukraine, China Billion-Dollar Business Deals
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
China’s President Hu Jintao has attended the signing of $3.5 billion in business deals with Ukraine. Mr. Hu and Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych on Monday praised the agreements as part of a new “strategic partnership” between the two nations. The deals covered the energy, technology and trade sectors. China’s official news agency Xinhua has said […]
Ukraine, China Billion-Dollar Business Deals
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
China’s President Hu Jintao has attended the signing of $3.5 billion in business deals with Ukraine. Mr. Hu and Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovytch on Monday praised the agreements as part of a new “strategic partnership” between the two nations. The deals covered the energy, technology and trade sectors. China’s official news agency Xinhua has said […]
Chinese President Arrives in Ukraine
Posted June 18th, 2011 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
Chinese President Hu Jintao has begun his state visit to Ukraine aimed at boosting China’s economic and political ties with the eastern European country. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Konstantin Grishchenko met President Hu and his wife on arrival Saturday at the Simferopol airport in Crimea. From there, they continued to the city of Yalta on the […]
Ukraine, Russia Open Gas Price Talks
Posted June 7th, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov says he hopes to find mutually beneficial solutions to the problem of Ukraine’s gas contracts during talks in Moscow Tuesday with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. At a meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation, Mr. Azarov said his country believes the existing market-based agreement is unrealistic and […]
Gazprom: Ukraine Gas Prices Will Not Change
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom says it will not change the price it charges neighboring Ukraine. Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller said Monday the company will not invent any kind of new pricing formula for anyone. Ukraine has been trying to renegotiate the price it pays for Russian gas. It also wants to charge Moscow a […]
