President Victor Yushchenko took part in official lunch by the Leader and Guide of the Libyan Revolution Muammar al-Gaddafi. According to the President`s press-office, at the lunch Victor Yushchenko and Muammar al-Gaddafi exchanged state awards. Victor Yushchenko awarded Muammar al-Gaddafi with an order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky and was awarded an order of the Great Sptember Revolution in return.

In his speech President Yushchenko noted that Ukraine and Libya have a great potential of mutually beneficial cooperation before them. Among promising fields he named oil production, agriculture, ship and airplane building, military, education, tourism and healthcare.

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President stressed that thanks to constructive and friendly approach of Mr. al-Gaddafi and Libya’s leadership our countries are able to build a firm partnership aimed into the future. He also greeted Libya with having been elected a non-permament member of the UN Security Council. “We are sure that this event will become a strong push toward strengthening peace, stability and confidence on African continent”, - he said.

From his part Muammar al-Gaddafi expressed expectancies that the visit of Victor Yushchenko “will put a good basis for further relations and strategic partnership between Ukraine and Libya”.