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jakeXT

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Sat Nov 22, 2014, 06:27 AM Nov 2014

New Ukraine Coalition Agreed, Sets NATO As Priority

Ukraine's newly agreed five-party ruling coalition has reportedly set the country's membership of NATO as its major goal.

The coalition comprises the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, the Popular Front, Samopomich (Self-Rule), the Radical Party, and Batkivshchyna (Fatherland).

The five pro-Western parties that passed the 5 percent threshold in last month's parliamentary elections control a total of 288 seats in 421-seat parliament.

They reportedly hammered out a draft agreement early on November 21, after hours -- and indeed weeks -- of negotiations.

http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-parliament-coalition-agreement/26703123.html

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