KIEV, Aug. 29 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is seeking to set up a powerful political coalition in Parliament next month in order to approve a number of important political and economic reforms, a lawmaker said Monday.

The coalition, which may include pro-government lawmakers, center and center left parties, may number more than 250 lawmakers out of Ukraine??™s 450-seat Parliament, Oleh Bilorus, the lawmaker, a Tymoshenko ally, said. "The talks are underway," Bilorus said. "September will be decisive at this point."