Yanukovych asks Party of Regions faction to reach consensus with opposition on Tymoshenko's issue

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has asked the parliamentary majority and the opposition to find common ground and pass a law that will allow ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to undergo treatment abroad, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Rybak said during a meeting with the ambassadors of the EU member states, ForUm correspondent reports.

"The President reaffirmed his readiness to sign such a bill (allowing Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad). He also said that he called on the Party of Regions faction in Parliament to actively participate in a debate on such bills and work together with other factions to secure the adoption of these bills by consensus," Rybak said.

According to the speaker, he informed Yanukovych that three bills on Tymoshenko's issue had been already registered in the Verkhovna Rada.