Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (R) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden walk into a hall before a news conference in Kiev, November 21, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Ukraine Leader, Under Pressure From West, Pledges New Government Soon -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Ukraine will take the first steps this week towards forming a new government, President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday, seeking to assuage concern among his Western allies that the delay is holding up reform and imperiling Western assistance.
The U.S. and other Western governments are criticizing Kiev's tardiness in putting together a government following October elections - with suspicions that the delay is due to rivalry between Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk over control of key portfolios.
"We hope that the process (of forming a government) will begin this week," Poroshenko said at a news conference with visiting Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, apparently referring to the first session of the new parliament on Thursday.
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Update: Political Pressure Mounts on Ukraine's Poroshenko -- VOA
My Comment: The currency/economy has imploded. Civil war rages in the east. Relations with Russia are rock bottom with Russia now actively supporting the insurrection in the east. I give him one year .... and if the situation does not improve .... pressure from the West will be the least of his concerns.
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