President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko charged Justice Ministry and General Office of Public Prosecutor to examine whether the decision of a number of local councils to give a status of the regional language to Russian meets the Ukraine’s legislation.

“The question is whether these decisions meet Ukrainian national legislation and European charter on regional languages. And I charged Justice Ministry and General Office of Public Prosecutor to examine this question,” said Yushchenko in an interview to journalists in Riga, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

“I think I will get the reports of these departments soon, and we will act in accordance with national and international laws,” pointed out the President.

Спасибі за Вашу активність, Ваше питання буде розглянуто модераторами найближчим часом

3911