KIEV, Nov. 28 ??“ Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk and lawmakers from the budget committee are yet to agree on a 2006 budget deficit three days before Parliament is due to vote on the draft, officials said.

Pynzenyk, who has originally suggested to run the deficit at 9.9 bln hryvnias, or 1.9% of the gross domestic product, had later indicated the government may agree to increase the figure to 2.5%.