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Party of Regions urges swift formation of Ukraine Rada coalition

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KIEV, June 20 (RIA Novosti, Anna Vernoslova) - Ukraine's parliament must form majority coalition by Wednesday, a representative of the pro-Russian party that won most votes in March parliamentary elections said Tuesday.

The Ukrainian Rada resumed plenary sessions Tuesday following a six-day recess in a bid to help break a deadlock in efforts to form a parliamentary coalition and government.

But Party of Regions representative Nikolai Azarov said at a parliament session that if no coalition had been established by June 21, deputies of his party and representatives of other parties and blocs would elect the Supreme Rada's leadership and start work.

The Supreme Rada has gone into recess three times since it opened a session May 25 following parliamentary elections March 26 that failed to produce a clear winner. Coalition talks were initially held by three groups - pro-presidential groupings Our Ukraine, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc, and the Socialist Party. But the talks broke down, mainly over differences on the allocation of key positions.

The leaders of the factions involved in the talks will address parliament Tuesday and could adopt a resolution if they reach an agreement.

Our Ukraine pro-presidential bloc member Roman Bezsmertny called on his colleagues to find a compromise and create "a stabilization coalition" that could work out a program for further action.

After the first talks broke down, Our Ukraine said it would start negotiations with Party of Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovych, who was defeated by President Viktor Yushchenko in 2004's "orange revolution". The initiative was denounced by the Tymoshenko bloc, which refused from the start to deal with the Party of Regions.

Another Our Ukraine initiative to create a broad-based "grand coalition" also involving the Party of Regions was also rejected by Tymoshenko, who is seeking an "orange" coalition with Western leaning political forces.

At the weekend, Our Ukraine continued talks with its "orange" allies and held discussions with the Party of Regions.

If parliament fails to forge a coalition before June 24 and form a government in the following 30 days, President Viktor Yushchenko could disband the Supreme Rada and call new elections.

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