President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine

　　PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO: (As translated.) Dear Mr. President, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, this is a great honor for Ukraine and Ukrainian government to welcome the delegation chaired by the U.S. President. We just had one-on-one negotiations and expanded negotiations, and we can make general assessment of our talks. We are very pleased with the frankness and the atmosphere that the talks were carried out in. 　　And they were about the positions of our bilateral relations, the visit of His Excellency President Bush, the very recent documents that were signed. And we also touched upon the issues of the international politics and regional politics. I also want to say that one of the major issues that a lot of attention was paid by us is Ukraine's joining the NATO Membership Action Plan. 　　And once again I wanted to prove to Mr. President and the American delegation that when we're speaking about the MAP, we mean political and security essence. The political essence of it is that this country, when we are speaking about the 20th century, has many times announced its independence, but many times this independence failed. For the last 80 years, Ukraine has declared its independence six times, and five times it failed. It failed probably because there were no international signatures -- honor our sovereignty, and very often Ukraine looked like a diversified country, a parted country in an international community. And we are speaking here about the system of political decisions that fixed it right. And on the other hand, we are speaking about the security context. 　　In my opinion, there are no alternatives against the idea of collective security. And I believe that collective responsibility for security policy, or defense policy, if you may, is the best response to the challenges that currently exist in this society; that exist in the system of international coordinance. 　　And we received full-fledged support from the U.S.A. in Ukraine's plan to join the MAP. And in the course of the Bucharest summit, I'm sure that we will receive a positive signal in Bucharest, and that's the spirit that we're going there with. And we're sure that it will be also an advantage for those countries who are only about to determine their way there. And it was very important for us to have the road map signed. It will determine actually our applicable action plan. 　　This complex document determines the priorities of our cooperation in many sectors, starting from political dialogue, space exploration, nuclear policy, and ending with ecological and environmental issues. 　　During Mr. President's visit we signed a very important agreement, which is a trade and investment framework agreement. It lays the necessary foundation to start negotiations on the free trade area between our countries. And in my opinion it's also -- not less important is the framework agreement on research and use of space in peaceful manner. It opens new prospects for our relations. Still the relations has already had good practices. 　　And we also touched upon the energy issues and diversification of energy supplies. We paid attention to the energy summit that will take place in Kyiv on the 22-23 of May, on the issues regarding Odessa-Brody EU pipeline project in the concept of energy security, and other issues that will be considered in the course of the summit. 　　We also spoke about the domestic political situation in Ukraine. And I would like to thank very much to Mr. President for this very fruitful and dynamic dialogue, and for that open and trustful atmosphere that was during our dialogue. I thank you very much indeed. I really appreciate it. 　　PRESIDENT BUSH: Dobrii Den. Thank you all very much. I am thrilled to be here, as is my wife. And thank you for your gracious hospitality, Mr. President. 　　I am proud to be sitting next to a leader who has strong convictions and a lot of courage. We come with a message for the people of Ukraine. Your sovereign nation has a friend and a solid partner in the United States. 　　Our nations have built our friendship on the love of liberty. Our people believe that freedom is the gift of an Almighty to every man, woman and child. And President Yushchenko and I understand that democracies are the best partners for peace and security in every part of the world. So we spent a lot of time talking about NATO. 　　First, I do want to remind people that Ukraine and the NATO alliance have built a strong partnership. Ukraine is the only non-NATO nation supporting every NATO mission. In Afghanistan and Iraq, Ukrainian troops are helping to support young democracies. In Kosovo, Ukrainians are -- help keep the peace. 　　Ukraine now seeks to deepens its cooperation with the NATO alliance through a Membership Action Plan. Your nation has made a bold decision, and the United States strongly supports your request. In Bucharest this week I will continue to make America's position clear: We support MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. Helping Ukraine move toward NATO membership is in the interest of every member in the Alliance and will help advance security and freedom in this region and around the world. 　　We also share more than security interests; we share democratic values. Ukraine has demonstrated its commitment to democracy and free markets. You've held three elections since the Orange Revolution. Your commitment to open markets has allowed your economy to grow and earned your nation the opportunity to join the World Trade Organization. 　　I know you're proud of these accomplishments, and you should be, Mr. President, and so should the people of Ukraine. 　　We're working together to help Ukraine -- Ukrainians build a better life. You're on the path to reform, and you can count on our continued support. We work together to fight corruption, and support civil society groups, and strengthen institutions of the free and prosperous economy. And as you mentioned, Mr. President, we're expanding our economic partnership with trade and investment cooperation agreement. 　　So, Mr. President, we have a deep relationship, an important relationship. And I want to thank you for your friendship. I appreciate what you've done to advance the cause of freedom, and I look forward to continuing to work with you during my time as President to make sure our relationship endures for the years to come. Thank you, sir. 　　Q Thank you, Mr. President. Do you think that Russia is applying undue pressure and threats to accomplish its goals at NATO on missile defense and stopping the Membership Action Plans of Ukraine and Georgia? 　　And President Yushchenko, what do you think of Moscow's tactics?

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