Ukraine and Belarus intend to develop cooperation in the field of culture and language, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said.
“Our ambassador has received a task to work very carefully with Ukrainians who stay on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, so that they feel the care of the Ukrainian state about every citizen,” Poroshenko said during a joint statement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Kyiv on Friday.
According to the Ukrainian president, the cooperation between the countries will continue in the field of learning languages: the Belarusian language in the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and in Irpin; and the Ukrainian language in Gomel and Brest regions.
Also, several intergovernmental agreements were signed between Ukraine and Belarus, in particular an agreement between the two countries’ cultural ministries on cooperation in the field of culture, as well as between the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
The signed program of cooperation in the field of culture between the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Ministry of Culture of Belarus for 2017-2021 is designed to increase the opportunities of the two countries to implement joint projects, to strengthen cultural ties between Ukraine and Belarus, and to create a favorable climate for deepening economic and political cooperation between states, the Ukrainian president’s press service reported.
The Ukrainian president said the agreement on scientific cooperation signed between the national academies of sciences of the two countries should become an efficient instrument of interstate cooperation and will promote scientific cooperation and practical implementation of joint scientific developments in the fields of mutual interest.
