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Ukraine: PM Mykola Azarov offers his resignation

Mykola Azarov said his resignation was designed to create social and political compromise

Ukraine’s PM Mykola Azarov has offered his resignation.

In a statement, Mykola Azarov said the move was designed to create “social and political compromise”.

In his resignation statement, PM Mykola Azarov said: “To create additional opportunities for social and political compromise and for a peaceful solution to the conflict, I made a personal decision to ask the president of Ukraine to accept my resignation as prime minister of Ukraine.”

Mykola Azarov said his resignation was designed to create social and political compromise

The government had “done everything to ensure the peaceful resolution of the conflict” and would do “everything possible to prevent bloodshed, an escalation of violence, and violation of citizen’s rights”, he said.

If President Viktor Yanukovych signs the decree for the resignation, then the whole cabinet resigns. But they can remain in their posts for 60 days until a new government is formed.

Viktor Yanukovych had already offered Mykola Azarov’s job to the opposition at the weekend, proposing that Fatherland leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk take the post.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk declined the offer.

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