November 11, 1994 - An Uzbek delegation led by President Islam Karimov arrived in Kiev on 10 November for an official visit to discuss relations between Uzbekistan and Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported. The delegation met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and the two presidents signed four agreements on trade, economic and military cooperation, and technical and cultural exchanges for 1995.

At a press conference following their meeting, Kuchma and Karimov stressed that neither discriminated against the minorities in their country; 300,000 Ukrainians live in Uzbekistan and 36,000 Uzbeks reside in Ukraine. Karimov also said he was opposed to any supranational CIS governing bodies or an Eurasian union, although he upheld the economic integration of the independent states of the former USSR as independent entities. Kuchma agreed with Karimov on the need for economic integration within the CIS, and also emphasized his opposition to any supranational bodies.