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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that he plans to invite Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras to visit Mariupol of Donetsk region and the place of residence of the Greek community near the Azov Sea, the presidential website reported on April 1.

“We will reach an agreement, we will come with our Greek partners to launch several important projects on education, construction and support of the church. And many other things that will come from you, and I will defend it,” Poroshenko said during a meeting with representatives of the Greek community of Mariupol as part of a working visit to Donetsk region.

The president thanked the community for its strong support of the Law on Language Development and stressed the importance of encouraging children to learn the Ukrainian language, as they should know their own language and the state language – Ukrainian. “I thank you for the strong support of our language legislation. Protecting the right of children to learn Ukrainian, we protect them from discrimination. Children will know the language of national minorities and the state language,” Poroshenko said.