The leaders of the parties "People's Union Our Ukraine", the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists, the Party of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, the People's Movement of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Republican Party "Sobor" and the Christian Democratic Union signed the corresponding agreement on Friday.
"By signing this agreement, we have only begun the path toward forming the election bloc. Our task is to form the bloc in such a way that it can win the elections and form a government," said Roman Bezsmertny, head of the NSNU election campaign.
The head of the PPPU, Anatoliy Kinakh, noted that his party "has unequivocally decided to unite efforts with its associates so that Ukraine does not lose its chance to move forward."
At the same time, the head of the NRU, Borys Tarasyuk, said that the signing of this agreement is "a landmark event for the future campaign."
"With this, the political forces are initiating the process of uniting all the orange [forces], we advocate the unification of all political forces that united around Viktor Yushchenko in 2004," Tarasyuk added.
The head of the URP "Sobor", Anatoliy Matviyenko, expressed hope for the expansion of the bloc and also supported the initiative of uniting the "orange team."
The head of the KUN, Oleksiy Ivchenko, noted that the signing of this agreement is "more significant than the document signed in 2004 (the agreement on creating the 'Forces of the People' coalition)."
"A year ago the Maidan demonstrated how society needs to be consolidated, and this is our task today," Ivchenko added.
The deputy head of the CDU, Volodymyr Marushenko, expressed hope that the signing of the agreement on creating Yushchenko's bloc "will give an impetus to other political forces."