Ukraine's President Meets Prime Minister as Political Crisis Continues

Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko has again told the country's prime minister the only way out of the nation's political crisis is to hold new parliamentary elections. The Ukrainian president made his comments during talks in Kiev with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

Meanwhile, thousands of Yanukovych supporters demonstrated in the city's Independence Square protesting the president's dissolution of parliament and call for May elections.

Ukraine's Constitutional Court is to open hearings Wednesday on the legality of Mr. Yushchenko's order, which the prime minister's supporters have rejected. Five of the court's 18 judges have complained of pressure against them and urged authorities to provide them with additional security.

The European Union, Russia, and the United States have all voiced concern over the stand-off, without explicitly taking sides for or against the pro-reform Mr. Yushchenko or Mr. Yanukovych, who supports closer ties with Russia.

乌克兰总统尤先科再次对总理亚努科维奇说，走出全国政治危机的唯一道路就是举行新的议会选举。尤先科总统在基辅跟亚努科维奇总理会谈时做出以上表示。

与此同时，成千上万亚努科维奇的支持者在基辅独立广场游行，抗议总统解散议会和决定5月举行选举。

乌克兰宪法法院将于星期三举行听证，审查总统命令的合法性。亚努科维奇的支持者拒绝接受尤先科的命令。宪法法院18名法官中有5位抱怨说受到巨大压力，要求有关当局为他们提供更多的安全保护措施。

欧洲联盟、俄罗斯和美国都对乌克兰的僵局表示关注，但是都没有明确表态到底是支持改革派总统尤先科，还是支持主张与俄罗斯保持更密切关系的总理亚努科维奇。