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September
2022

Verkhovna Rada ratifies agreement on Ukraine's participation in LIFE program

KYIV. Sept 20 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has ratified an agreement on Ukraine’s participation in the European Union’s LIFE program.

Some 322 MPs voted in favor of respective bill No. 0167 on the ratification of the agreement between Ukraine and the European Union on Ukraine’s participation of the LIFE program, the EU’s financing instrument for environment and climate action, MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak (the Holos faction) said on the Telegram channel.

According to the explanatory note to the document, the ratification of the agreement will ensure Ukraine’s associate membership in the LIFE program and provide for the implementation of joint projects within the framework of this program.

The agreement was signed on June 24, 2022 in Kyiv and on July 13, 2022 in Prague.