Prime Minister: State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience will be attributed to the central executive authorities subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience will be attributed to the central executive authorities that are directly subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The relevant decision was adopted by the Government on December 6 to implement the Presidential Decree. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

“Last week, the National Security and Defense Council considered the issue of ties between certain religious circles in Ukraine and the aggressor state. As President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently said, we must guarantee the spiritual independence of our people and not allow the enemy to weaken us from within,” the Head of Government noted.

According to the Prime Minister, the structural units of local state administrations, whose powers include the activities of religious organizations, will become accountable to and controlled by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience.