ZAGREB, Sept 9 (Hina) - The chairman of the Ukrainian office for ethnic communities and migrations, Genady Moskal, met Croatian parliament vice-president Mate Arlovic on Tuesday for talks on the Ukrainian minority in Croatia, the
parliament's public relations office said in a statement.
ZAGREB, Sept 9 (Hina) - The chairman of the Ukrainian office for
ethnic communities and migrations, Genady Moskal, met Croatian
parliament vice-president Mate Arlovic on Tuesday for talks on the
Ukrainian minority in Croatia, the parliament's public relations
office said in a statement. #L#
Croatia is home to 2,500 ethnic Ukrainians who are organised
through ten cultural associations in several towns and villages.
Their main institutions are located in the eastern town of
Vukovar.
Arlovic informed his guest about the rights of minority groups
under the Constitutional Law on National Minorities.
Based on his experience from visits to Vukovar and Slavonski Brod,
Moskal praised the government's treatment of minorities. He
expressed regret at the fact that there was no Ukrainian-language
school, but said that was the Ukrainian minority's own fault.
Moskal requested support to refurbish the Ukrainian cultural
centre in Vukovar.
The two officials urged strengthening the ties between the
Ukrainian minority in Croatia and Ukraine, and enhancing
cooperation between Croatia and Ukraine by concluding an agreement
on free trade and liberalisation of the visa regime, the statement
said.
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