Ukraine president offers government posts to opposition leaders

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25-01-2014 | 14:08
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Ukraine president offers government posts to opposition leaders

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich offered two opposition leaders top government posts on Saturday, the presidential website said after the two sides met for talks aimed at seeking an end to a violent political crisis.

Former economy minister Arseny Yatsenyuk would be offered the post of prime minister and Vitaly Klitschko, an internationally known boxer, would be proposed as deputy prime minister responsible for humanitarian issues, the website said.

If Yatsenyuk accepts the post of prime minister the president would be ready to accept the resignation of the government of Mykola Azarov, the website said.

Earlier in the day, about 100 Ukrainian anti-government protesters tried to seize the main energy ministry building in central Kiev on Saturday, Energy Minister Eduard Stavytsky said.      

"There was an attempt to seize the building. About 100 people came, armed. I went to them and said that if they did not peacefully leave the building then the whole energy system of Ukraine could collapse," Stavytsky told Reuters by telephone.       

He said protesters left the building but he had been told they were blocking entry to the building outside. "What is taking place is a direct threat to the whole Ukrainian energy system," he said.         


REUTERS
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