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Two-thirds of Ukrainian parliament to be in "grand coalition"

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KIEV, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's "grand coalition" will comprise more than two-thirds of parliament when an agreement is signed in September, a deputy prime minister said Monday.

The pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc joined Thursday the alliance led by the pro-Russia Party of Regions, with the Socialist and Communist parties, to form a new coalition in the 450-seat Supreme Rada.

Andriy Klyuev said, "In early September we will officially announce the 'grand coalition', which will comprise 322 deputies."

Parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Moroz also said Friday that the agreement on the "grand coalition" would be signed in September.

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