Ukraine Premier Rejects Opposition Ultimatum.
Source: RIA NOvosti
Ukraine Premier RejKIEV, January 23 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s prime minister has dismissed an ultimatum from opposition leaders threatening to go on the offensive Thursday unless their demands are met by the government.
With the standoff between anti-government demonstrators and police degenerating into violent clashes in recent days, opposition leaders have made new and bolder demands for the ouster of the government and renewed calls for immediate elections.
In an interview with the BBC in Switzerland late Wednesday, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov struck a defiant note, suggesting that the government was unlikely to change the firm stance it has adopted to date.
“The authorities are for a constructive dialogue with the opposition … but they do not accept the conditions of an ultimatum,” Azarov said in the interview, extracts of which were published on the Cabinet’s website.ects Opposition Ultimatum.
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