U.S. and Ukrainian officials have recently concluded a meeting on the possible extension of disarmament projects conducted in Ukraine, according to Interfax (see GSN, July 28).

During a meeting in Kiev, U.S. Defense Department officials met with Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhen Marchuk and officials from the Ukrainian National Space Agency, according to the U.S. Embassy in Kiev.  During the meeting, the officials discussed a Ukrainian proposal to prolong the disarmament projects, which work to remove the remnants of the former Soviet strategic arsenal based in Ukraine.  The U.S. officials, who left Ukraine Friday, said a reply to the proposal would be given within three weeks, Interfax reported (Interfax, July 28, BBC Worldwide Monitoring, July 29).  

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