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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that the experience of Ukrainian-Russian cooperation in building a system of collective security in Europe may be an example for other countries.

He said this while opening the third meeting of the Ukrainian-Russian intergovernmental commission in Kyiv on Monday, which is being chaired by the presidents of the two countries.

"Cooperation with Russia on the international arena in Europe and in the regional dimension is extremely important to us," Yanukovych said.

He said that Ukraine and Russia should do everything to finally eliminate the dangerous dividing lines that have appeared in the European region over the past decade.

"We should together make the European continent a zone of peace and prosperity for all countries, big and small, members and non-members of military alliances," Yanukovych said.

He agreed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that there should be security not just for the elite, but for everybody.