Yanukovych nominates Azarov for fresh term as Ukrainian PM
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has nominated his prime
minister, Mykola Azarov, to serve a fresh term in the post
following parliamentary elections in October, Radio Liberty
reported.
The 64-year-old Azarov has served as premier since Yanukovych was
elected president in February 2010.
If his nomination is approved, one of Azarov's first big tasks will
be to negotiate a new bailout program from the International
Monetary Fund to help the country repay $9.1 billion in debts to
foreign creditors.
An IMF mission is scheduled to visit Kyiv in the second half of
January.
Azarov's nomination is expected to be easily approved by Ukraine's
Verkhovna Rada when it holds its first postelection session on
December 12.