Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and leaders of block Our Ukraine -People's Self Defence meet at the presidential office in Kyiv, October 15, 2007.
The coalition plans to start meeting its engagements as soon as possible

  Yulia Tymoshenko, a leader of her political party and leaders of the Block Our Ukraine-People's Self Defence struck the deal following a meeting with President Viktor Yuschenko.

  Tymoshenko is due to return as prime minister under the terms of the agreement, which was due to be formally signed on Tuesday.

  Previously, in 2005, she was a Prime Minister before falling out with Yushchenko.

  Two pro-Western parties took back control of the Ukrainian Parliament in elections held on 30 September in Ukraine, taking 228 of the 450 seats, according to the final results.

  President of Ukraine proclaimed that he hopes a stable administration in the new Ukrainian parliament "would now allow the country to leave behind it the vicious circle of crises and conflicts."

  Yushchenko dissolved the Parliament earlier current year after constant in-fighting with coalition government led by his rival- Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

  Yanukovych's Party of the Regions now appears predeterimned for opposition, despite a respectable tally of 175 seats.

  Victor Yuschenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, allies in the pro-Western "Orange Revolution" at the end of 2004, held talks prior to the vote aimed at securing an alliance in the eventuality of winning the election.

  However the Ukrainian President sowed created confusion at the start of October, appearing on TV to call for a grand coalition which would include the Party of the Regions.

  He later modified that position suggesting that the pro-Russian block could be given posts within Ukrainian government.

  Tymoshenko's block and the presidential grouping rejected any possibility of an alliance with the pro-Russian Yanukovich side but declared themselves ready to grant the opposition certain important portfolios.