Bush and Yushchenko spoke by telephone Saturday, two days after Yushchenko sacked the government of his Orange Revolution ally, Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, amid infighting among senior officials and allegations of corruption.
White House spokesman Trent Duffy said Bush urged Yushchenko to stick to the principles of the Orange Revolution, particularly Yushchenko's promise to clean up what the U.S. spokesman called the "excesses of the past" in Ukraine.
Yuriy Yekhanurov, appointed acting prime minister by Yushchenko, has said he intends to pick the new cabinet based on professionalism and not party politics.
Tymoshenko has vowed to launch a political force that would compete against Yushchenko's supporters in the March 2006 parliamentary elections.
(Reuters)
See also:
President Sacks Government, Offering More Questions Than Answers
Former Prime Minister Tymoshenko To Go It Alone
RFE/RL Interviews Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
White House spokesman Trent Duffy said Bush urged Yushchenko to stick to the principles of the Orange Revolution, particularly Yushchenko's promise to clean up what the U.S. spokesman called the "excesses of the past" in Ukraine.
Yuriy Yekhanurov, appointed acting prime minister by Yushchenko, has said he intends to pick the new cabinet based on professionalism and not party politics.
Tymoshenko has vowed to launch a political force that would compete against Yushchenko's supporters in the March 2006 parliamentary elections.
(Reuters)
See also:
President Sacks Government, Offering More Questions Than Answers
Former Prime Minister Tymoshenko To Go It Alone
RFE/RL Interviews Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko
