Maidan broke this story today with a quote by Yuschenko’s press office:

“Withdrawing Ukraine’s peacekeeping contingent from Iraq remains one of Yushchenko’s priorities once he takes the office,” a statement released by his press office January 10 says.

For Ukraine, I hope this doesn’t hurt diplomatic relations with the U.S. I think after all their country has been through in these past couple of months that withdrawing from Iraq and concentrating on their internal affairs are much more important.

While they might no longer be able to contribute to the success of democracy in Iraq, at the very least, they should make sure to succeed in their own quest for freedom. It would be a shame if the new government became destabilized over this highly controversial issue and put into jeopordy the democratic reform.