The Law “On National Minorities of Ukraine”, which is one of the conditions on the way to negotiations on accession to the EU, is a framework document. And all the individual expectations of representatives of national minorities will be taken into account in the state program, ZN said in an interview.. UA Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna, with whom Tatyana Silina spoke.

" We proceeded from the fact that this legislation, in the end, should be adopted. This law takes into account as much as possible the results of consultations and expertise of the Council of Europe, consultations with national minorities. It is general, framework. All individual expectations of minority representatives who take an active position will be taken into account in the state program now being prepared by the government; the concept of the state program has already been put up for public discussion,” said Stefanishina.

According to her, the program will provide funding on a five-year basis for activities to support and develop national minorities..

Deputy Prime Minister assured that the authorities understand the importance of an inclusive dialogue with representatives of national minorities.

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The Verkhovna Rada voted for a new law on national minorities on December 13, 2022, and thereby canceled the old one in force since 1992. 324 people's deputies voted for the document. Several countries, such as Hungary and Romania, were dissatisfied with the Ukrainian law.

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