Prime Ministers of Ukraine and France agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the humanitarian sphere

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman and Prime Minister of the French Republic Manuel Valls during a meeting on Thursday discussed opportunities to intensify bilateral cooperation in the humanitarian area.

The Head of Ukrainian Government informed the French party that a reform of the civil service had been launched in Ukraine.

In this regard, he noted that Ukraine is eager to prolong interaction with the National School of Administration (ENA) and the Directorate General for Administration and the Civil Service of France (DGAFP).

The Prime Minister also appealed with a request to include the Ukrainian language in the list of foreign languages to take an exam to obtain the French diploma of secondary education (Baccalaureate).

"Revitalization of measures to reform the civil service is among the priorities of the Ukrainian Government", emphasized Volodymyr Groysman.