Ukraine: Gambian official looking to buy Ukrainian arms CEP20020212000273 Kiev Interfax-Ukraine in Russian 1757 GMT 12 Feb 02 Kiev, 12 February: Gambia wants to develop cooperation with Ukraine in the field of arms sales. Ways of doing this were discussed by Gambian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Baboucar Jagne and Valeriy Malev, head of Ukrspetseksport, the state company for the export and import of military and special purpose products and services [state arms trader], when they met Tuesday in Kiev. Sources close to the talks said the meeting was a fact-finding one. The Gambian delegation is in Ukraine on a working visit 10-14 February. It will also have meetings and visits at the ministries of foreign affairs, industrial policy, the environment and natural resources, defence and education, as well as Goskomsvyazi [state telecoms company], National Joint-Stock Company Nadra Ukrainy [subsoil resources company] and the Kiev Shipbuilding and Ship-repair Plant. At the end of the talks, it is planned to sign contracts to buy Ukrainian equipment. [Description of Source: Kiev Interfax-Ukraine in Russian -- ]