Joint Statement following Round Table Talks on Settlement of Political Crisis in Ukraine. Ukraine Presidency, December 1, 2004. Text:

At their second session in Kyiv on December 1, 2004, the Parties in the round table meeting considered in detail development of the political situation in Ukraine and agreed on the following:

1. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to exclude the use of force for solving problems arisen after the second round of the presidential election in Ukraine.

2. The Parties agreed on the necessity to immediately release governmental agencies from blockade and create conditions for performing their functions.

3. The Parties agreed on formation of an expert group for an immediate legal analysis and suggestion of appropriate proposals for the completion of the presidential elections in Ukraine based on a corresponding decision of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.

4. The Parties agreed on the adoption of a political reform, along with amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine as per the Draft Law 4180 and successive formation of the Ukrainian government, in the single package with amendments to the Law "On Election of the President of Ukraine".

5. The Parties call on all Ukraine's political forces to proceed from the necessity to preserve the country's territorial integrity, when taking decisions.

6. The Parties call on all the political forces, factions and deputy groups in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, other governmental agencies and bodies of local government to concentrate their forces on the adjustment of the social and economic situation in Ukraine and overcoming crisis phenomena in the national economy.

7. The Parties agreed on holding the next round table meeting upon a corresponding decision of the Supreme Court of Ukraine. Read the full text of the statement here.

Read the original text here, on the Ukrainian Presidency website.