
JERUSALEM: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday gave his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres hundreds of declassified documents shedding new light on mass graves of Jews dating from World War II.
Yushchenko, on a three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, "surprised" Peres at their meeting in Jerusalem by "giving him a large box containing hundreds of documents and maps with the exact location of mass graves and Jewish graves," Peres's office said in a statement.
Ukraine's security and intelligence bodies recently declassified the previously confidential papers at the request of Yushchenko, who said that "Ukraine wishes to turn over a new leaf in its relations with Israel.
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