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April 10, 2007

Ukraine's President Meets Prime Minister as Political Crisis Continues
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1700435:A6F02AD83191E1602AC4DD8F09B782B39574F7DCC14957C0 President Victor
Yushchenko says only way out of political crisis is to hold new
parliamentary elections





Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko gestures during a session of the
presidential Security and Defense Council, 05 Apr 2007Ukrainian
President Victor Yushchenko has again told the country's prime
minister the only way out of the nation's political crisis is to hold
new parliamentary elections.

The Ukrainian president made his comments during talks in Kiev with
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

Meanwhile, thousands of Yanukovych supporters demonstrated in the
city's Independence Square protesting the president's dissolution of
parliament and call for May elections.

Ukraine's Constitutional Court is to open hearings Wednesday on the
legality of Mr. Yushchenko's order, which the prime minister's
supporters have rejected.  Five of the court's 18 judges have
complained of pressure against them and urged authorities to provide
them with additional security.

The European Union, Russia, and the United States have all voiced
concern over the stand-off, without explicitly taking sides for or
against the pro-reform Mr. Yushchenko or Mr. Yanukovych, who supports
closer ties with Russia.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP.


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