Poroshenko says Tymoshenko won't be his political opponent

10:24, 31.03.2014 1 min read

Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko says former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not be his political opponent.

"I suppose we may be rivals in the election for a certain period of time, but I absolutely rule out a situation in which we become political opponents and I am positive that after the election we should jointly take decisive steps with democratic [forces] with regard to the Association Agreement, the reforms, an adamant anti-corruption position, the reform packages and the anti-oligarchic vector," Poroshenko told Channel 5 on Sunday.

He said he was confident that Tymoshenko would support those steps.

Tymoshenko and Poroshenko had filed their documents with the Central Elections Commission for being registered as presidential candidates.