At the meeting of the "Servant of the People" faction, the deputies recommended that the Prime Minister submit the candidacy of the chairman of the board of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Oleksiy Chernyshov for the position of Minister of Unification of Ukrainians. This was reported to the UNN journalist by the deputy head of the "Servant of the People" faction Yevheniia Kravchuk.
"We just recommended to the Prime Minister to submit his (Chernyshov's - ed.) candidacy (for the position of Minister of Unification of Ukrainians - ed.)", Kravchuk said.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that by the end of this year, the candidacy of the head of the Ministry of Unification of Ukrainians will be presented for approval.
Zelenskyy, speaking about the new ministry, stated that it should ensure sufficient power of global Ukrainian unity.
"Millions of our people in other countries, their connections and relations with Ukraine, the protection of our common interests as a nation - all this will be the responsibility of the new institution. In fact, it should be a ministry of Ukrainian unity and counteraction to Russian influences on Ukrainians. First of all, abroad," Zelenskyy said.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that the main goal of the Ministry of Ukrainian Unity is to return 7.5 million people to Ukraine not by coercion, but by prospects. For this, work needs to be done both at the political level with the political leaderships of the partner countries that have accepted refugees, and directly with the Ukrainian community.