Yanukovych regrets that UDAR, Svoboda faction leaders refused to meet with him

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said he regrets that the UDAR and Svoboda parliamentary factions were not represented at his meeting with the Verkhovna Rada leadership and the faction leaders on Wednesday.

"When there is a willingness to cooperate, one can achieve any goal for the sake of the state and the people. But in this case, I guess they have other goals," Yanukovych said, according to the president's press service.