Yushchenko Sets Tasks to Ministers

Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko has identified the main task for the country's new government. He believes the ministers must focus their attention on fighting corruption.

In V. Yushchenko's opinion, corruption is the main problem of the present-day Ukraine. To effectively fight that evil, Ukrainian president has called on the government to "work out a system of making sound public decisions that would serve the nation".

Commenting on the new composition of the Cabinet, V. Yushchenko has boldly called it "a government of popular confidence". "I am pleased that through a system of consultations at the political level it became possible to form a Cabinet that can be called a government of popular confidence", he said.

Ukraine's president was especially proud of the fact that the new ministers represent various political forces. However, there are no V. Yanukovich's supporters in the new government