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Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said that he will decide on a candidate for the post of Ukraine's prime minister by the end of this week.

“I will most likely decide on a candidate for prime minister by Sunday,” the presidential press service quoted him as saying at a meeting with the newly appointed ambassadors of foreign countries on Thursday.

Yanukovych said that he would sign a motion on a candidate for prime minister and interview him before his state visit to India.

The Ukrainian president will make a state visit to India on December 9-12.