An international group of physicians who are to examine former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, are currently undergoing the necessary formalities, and the doctors are likely to arrive in Ukraine on Monday, Feb. 13, an informed source told Interfax-Ukraine.
"At present the necessary documents are being processed, but they are not ready yet. We’re still waiting for everything to be finalized," the source said on Wednesday.
According to him, doctors are likely to come to Ukraine on Monday, but this date is not firm yet. "At present, none of them have arrived in Ukraine – they will all come together," the source added.
Earlier, President Viktor Yanukovych has said at a press conference after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Munich, that Ukraine will be grateful for the assistance of foreign doctors in conducting a medical examination and treatment of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Tymoshenko, 51, a twice-serving former prime minister, was jailed in October for seven years on a charge of abuse of office linked to a 2009 gas supply deal with Russia which she brokered while in power.
The Yanukovych leadership says the deal left the country with an exorbitant price for gas which is now a millstone on the Ukrainian economy.
The United States and the European Union support the view of the political opposition that her trial was an example of selective justice and politically motivated.
