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Anatoliy Zlenko in March 2001
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Born | June 2, 1938 (age 78) |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Occupation | Diplomat, politician |
Anatoly Maksimovich Zlenko (born June 2, 1938) is a Ukrainian diplomat. He was formerly the foreign minister of Ukraine. from 1990 to 1994.
Born June 2, 1938 in the village Stavishche, Kiev region. In 1959 graduated from Kyiv mining college.
He strongly promoted Ukraine's relations with Western Europe. In an interview in 1990
Zlenko said:
"A common history existing a thousand years and a deep cultural, linguistic and ideological closeness have linked us with neighboring Poland. The western regions of Ukraine and the eastern provinces of Poland...are similar in make-up of population and economy...Our border with Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania is shorter than that with Poland. But there are also ethnic...influences, economic ties, trade, mixed marriages, the common Danube waters..."
Orders awarded: "For merits» III, II degree., two orders ” For merits” I degree. (2003), Legion of Honor (France, 1998), " For merits" (Portugal, 1998), Diploma of the Presidium of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Author of 100 publications on international subjects.
Speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, French.