 Political groups behind Ukraine's “Orange Revolution” yesterday said they had clinched an agreement on a coalition government after nearly three months of talks and pledged to iron out the details quickly. An agreement, if signed in the next few days, could consolidate the pro-Western policies championed by President Viktor Yushchenko since weeks of mass upheaval against election fraud in 2004 helped propel him to office. Parties which stood behind Yushchenko, committed to nudging Ukraine towards European Union and Nato membership, have been at odds for nearly a year since he dismissed fiery Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. She now stands to get her job back. “Last night, three political forces completed work on a text for a coalition agreement,” Roman Bezsmertny of Yushchenko's Our Ukraine party told parliament – referring to Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko's bloc and the smaller Socialist Party. |