Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma said early Tuesday that he had agreed to
reshuffle the central electioncommission and support election law reform, but no
agreement was reached on sacking the government.
Kuchma's statement came following round-table talks with opposition leader
Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.
The talks were also attended by international mediators, including European
Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Polish President Aleksander
Kwasniewski, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Russian parliament speaker
Boris Gryzlov.
"(We) agreed on the need to introduce amendments to the law on electing
Ukraine's president that would envisage introducing a mechanism for conducting
transparent and fair elections, making abuse and fraud impossible," Kuchma told
reporters.
Kuchma said in a statement that the opposition had agreed to lift a blockade
of government buildings after the approval of electoral changes and the
reshuffling of the central election commission.