President signs decree on development of Carpathian region

The document is aimed at promoting social and economic development, increasing investment attractiveness, developing recreational, tourism and ethnocultural potential of the Carpathian region, the president’s press service reported.

In particular, the head of state obliged the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to approve the state program for the development of the Carpathian region of Ukraine for 2020–2022 within two months, taking into account the development concepts of mountainous areas of the Ukrainian Carpathians.

Also, according to the text of the decree, the Government should provide expenditures for 2020 and subsequent years in the draft law on the state budget of Ukraine necessary for the implementation of this state program.

The presidential decree enters into force on the day of its publication.

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