Ukrainian PM, Danish foreign minister discuss priorities of bilateral cooperation

The meeting took place in Kyiv on Monday, the Governmental portal reports.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine noted the importance of support of the Danish government for the efforts to conduct reforms in Ukraine.

"Cooperation and friendly relations with Denmark are extremely important for us and we appreciate them," the head of the Ukrainian government said.

In turn, the foreign minister of Denmark stressed that his country continued to support Ukraine, condemning the illegal annexation of Crimea and Russia’s violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.

He also noted that the Ukrainian government had managed to achieve significant progress in the reforms and said that the Danish side would coordinate the project to support the fight against corruption in Ukraine within the framework of the "Anti-Corruption Initiative of the European Union."

In addition, Anders Samuelsen stressed that Denmark was also developing a 5-year strategy to continue supporting reforms in Ukraine in the areas of decentralization, anti-corruption, energy, and public administration.

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