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A delegation of prosecutors led by Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine – Prosecutor of Odesa Region Davit Sakvarelidze has participated in high-level consultations in Strasbourg concerning the reform of the prosecutor's office in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian delegation visited the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Feb. 2-4, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Feb. 5.

“The European participants in the consultations […] have emphasized the importance of the implementation by Ukraine of its commitments on this matter (the reform of the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office), and confirmed their readiness to provide both political and financial, and practical support for the reform process in order to ensure the functioning of the Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine in accordance with the requirements of leading international norms and standards,” the PGO press service reported.

This visit was organized in the framework of the Council of Europe project “Continued Support to the Criminal Justice Reform in Ukraine,” which is being implemented with the financial support from the government of Denmark.