The aide, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, said it was not clear what documents might be signed, indicating Yeltsin and his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma may not sign an expected friendship treaty.
The treaty's signing has been delayed by a bitter dispute between the two neighboring republics over the future of the former Soviet Black Sea fleet and its bases. Kiev sources have said they expect Yeltsin to visit May 30 and 31.
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