Yushchenko's office made the statement after politicians from the country's five main political forces gathered for talks with the president.
Yushchenko now has to decide whether to nominate his arch-rival Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister or dissolve parliament.
Yushchenko is expected to announce his decision this evening in a national television address.
Political leaders in Ukraine have been trying to form a government since parliamentary elections in March.
A majority of members of parliament would support the nomination of Yanukovych, who heads the pro-Russian Party of Regions. But Yushchenko says he wants to ensure that any new government continues his pro-Western policies.
(AFP, AP, Interfax, Reuters, dpa)
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