Council of Europe, EU to launch project in Ukraine to ensure rights of national minorities

The Council of Europe together with the European Union plans to implement a project in Ukraine to ensure the rights of national minorities.

The press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine informed this following a meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vasyl Bodnar with a delegation of the Council of Europe.

"During the meeting, special attention was paid to the project "Strengthening the Protection of National Minorities in Ukraine" which will be implemented within the framework of the CoE / EU Programme Partnership for Good Governance (PGG)," the report says.

The parties agreed that thanks to the synergy of the efforts of Ukraine, the Council of Europe and the European Union, the new project will become a tool for improving the legal and institutional framework for the protection of national minorities in accordance with the best European standards and practices.

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