Ukraine assumes chairmanship of CоE ministerial committee
KIEV – Ukraine has assumed chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, Foreign Affairs Ministry press secretary Oleksandr Dikusarov has told a news conference, Ukrainian News Agency reported.
Turkey handed over chairmanship to Ukraine after the 121st meeting of the Council of Europe's foreign-policy agencies in Istanbul, Turkey.
In course of the meeting they studied topical questions of further reformation of the Council of Europe and priorities of the Ukrainian chairmanship for the next six months.
Foreign Affairs Minister Kostiantyn Hryschenko was representing Ukraine at the meeting.
Ukraine will be holding chairmanship May through November.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Ukraine's priorities during the chairmanship include protection of children's rights, human rights and supremacy of law in the context of democracy and stability in Europe, strengthening and development of democracy.
President Viktor Yanukovych thinks that Ukraine's chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers is a possibility for serious deepening of Ukraine's interaction with the Council of Europe structures in all directions.
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