Tymoshenko ready to talk with some rivals
Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko gestures as she leaves a polling station after voting in the presidential election, in Dnipropetrovsk, on Jan. 17.

Tymoshenko ready to talk with some rivals

Jan 17, 2010 at 22:39 | Reuters
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Sunday she was ready to start talks with former presidential candidates to gain their support in a second round of voting for president.

Exit polls from Sunday's election showed she was between 4 to 11 percent behind opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich -- a margin smaller than previous opinion polls had indicated.

"As of today, I am ready for talks so that we can move forward with uniting the democratic forces," she told journalists.

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