President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill to the Ukrainian parliament providing for special status for Polish citizens in Ukraine, said Polish President Andrzej Duda..

Speaking about Polish-Ukrainian relations on the 79th anniversary of the Volyn tragedy, Duda emphasized that today in Polish-Ukrainian relations there are more actions than words, and " ) words have immediate consequences"

“Today, President Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill on granting Poles a special status in Ukraine.. (...) Today, Ukraine, with this gesture of the president, symbolically invites us: “We welcome you here with special rights”. Let this be some kind of sign for us,” the Polish leader said, Polskie Radio reports..

Bill No. 7550 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada on July 11 as urgent.

Recall, Zelensky announced the submission to the Verkhovna Rada of a bill on the special legal status of Polish citizens in Ukraine in May.