Hu: Boost bilateral ties with Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine / BEIJING - President Hu Jintao arrived in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday on the third and final leg of his three-nation tour.

"China is ready to work with Ukraine to promote bilateral cooperation and exchanges in a comprehensive and extensive way," Hu said in a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday evening in Yalta, the first stop of his three-day Ukraine tour.

Hu's visit is the first by a Chinese head of state to Ukraine in the past decade.