KIEV, January 12 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Thursday that he had withdrawn from a memorandum of cooperation with the political opposition signed in September 2005.
The deal was signed with Viktor Yanukovich, leader of the Party of Regions and Yushchenko's main rival in the 2004 presidential campaign.
The disputed elections incited mass protests in Kiev, which brought Yushchenko and his supporters to power.
Yushchenko began seeking cooperation with the opposition in a bid to deter a political crisis and an economic collapse following a split in his government and the dismissal of Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, once his main ally.
