Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has expressed interest in helping resolve the conflict between Georgia and its separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Mr. Kuchma made the comments Tuesday following a meeting in Crimea with visiting Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili.

The two leaders also discussed commercial and economic cooperation, expanding political dialogue and future political cooperation.

The Georgian news service, Civil Georgia, says Mr. Saakashvili hopes today's meeting will result in Ukrainian support for a settlement to the conflict between Georgian authorities and the country's separatist regions that is favorable to the central government.

Georgian officials have vowed to bring the regions back under central control.

Source: VOA News