President congratulated Khmelnitsky farmers

President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday sent a telegram to Khmelnitsky Governor Olexander Bukhanevych to congratulate the region's farmerson harvesting their first million tons of grain, President’s press office reports.

“Not only is this achievement a worthy result of the traditional mastery of the Podillya grain growers but it is also a proof of your responsibility for the state,” he said.

Yushchenko added thatthis achievement showed their “optimism and unshakable faith in their native land.”