KIEV, March 18 – U.S. President George W. Bush and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko will discuss the creation of a free-trade zone between Ukraine and the United States during the U.S. leader's state visit to Ukraine, the Ukrainian president's press secretary, Iryna Vannikova, said at a briefing in Kiev on Tuesday.

"The presidents will give the green light to the creation of the free-trade zone between Ukraine and the United States," she said.