Premier Yulia Tymoshenko intends to visit Minsk on May 23 to participate in a CIS summit of heads of government.

“I will certainly go to the summit. Ukraine is chairing and will be represented with dignity,” Tymoshenko told journalists.

Commenting on her earlier statements, Yulia Tymoshenko announced that she believes that she acted honestly by warning Viktor Yushchenko of a possible break in their cooperation in sight of the next presidential elections.

“The democratic coalition has been working for 4.5 months and we’re constantly informing you of what’s going on. When there’s a need to call things as they are, I do so, so that everything is understandable for society and our partners,” said Tymoshenko.

“I believe that we posed the question rather rigidly and this will make them think about how they shouldn’t endlessly interfere in the government’s work. There is a limit to everything,” added Tymoshenko.

At the same time, she joked in response to the question of how she warned Yushchenko, as earlier the Premier had complained that she hasn’t been able to meet with him for a month.

“Morse Code,” said Tymoshenko.

The Premier also explained that the changes she initiated to the Constitution leave “the president with very strong authority.”

“The president will be elected by the people, will have the right to veto, can dismiss parliament under certain conditions, and will have other functions, including that of Commander in Chief. But we need to separate the powers of the executive branch and the presidency,” said Tymoshenko.

The Premier added that changes to the Constitutions foresee “demonopolization of defense and law enforcement structures, so that they’re not subordinate to one branch of power.”