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Ukrainian businessman, Regions Party MP and President of FC Shakhtar Donetsk Rinat Akhmetov has thanked Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt for accepting his invitation to attend the Champions League match between Shakhtar and Porto in Donetsk on Nov. 23.

"I can tell you with certainty that they are the true friends of Ukraine. I’m very pleased that the ministers came to Donetsk, visited the Donbass Arena – a stadium that will host Euro 2012," he told Interfax-Ukraine.

"I’m confident that we will see again during Euro 2012 how much unites us and how little divides us," he added.