WASHINGTON, November 2 (RIA Novosti, Arkady Orlov) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had assured him at their meeting in Washington Wednesday that good relations with Ukraine were a priority for the George W. Bush administration.
Yekhanurov said they had also discussed U.S. assistance for Ukraine's accession to the World Trade Organization.
Yekhanurov also met with U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney and visited the U.S. congress.