It appears that Peter MacKay's special someone has eyes for Ukraine's Foreign Minister. Wonder how long before MacKay calls Condie a dog as well.In all seriousness, AP reports that Ukraine's Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk assured U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Ukraine will adhere to democratic standards in resolving its current political crisis.
Yatsenyuk said President Viktor Yushchenko was seeking a compromise with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych over the president's order to dissolve Parliament and his call for new elections.
Yatsenyuk said that U.S. officials expressed concern that Ukraine maintain the democratic progress it had made since the 2004 Orange Revolution brought Yushchenko to power after another standoff with Yanukovych.
"We have to stick to democratic values, democratic standards -- it's obvious for us," Yatsenyuk said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Ukraine's political stalemate erupted after Yushchenko accused Yanukovych of trying to usurp power by wooing pro-presidential lawmakers over to the majority coalition.
Yatsenyuk said President Viktor Yushchenko was seeking a compromise with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych over the president's order to dissolve Parliament and his call for new elections.
Yatsenyuk said that U.S. officials expressed concern that Ukraine maintain the democratic progress it had made since the 2004 Orange Revolution brought Yushchenko to power after another standoff with Yanukovych.
"We have to stick to democratic values, democratic standards -- it's obvious for us," Yatsenyuk said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Ukraine's political stalemate erupted after Yushchenko accused Yanukovych of trying to usurp power by wooing pro-presidential lawmakers over to the majority coalition.
In an unrelated story Yushchenko has fired 2 bought and paid for judges appointed by his predecessor to the Constitutional Court for accepting huge bribes.
Yatsenyuk will get to share Condi stories with MacKay during his visit to Ottawa early next week.
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