Ukraine’s new law on national minorities has failed to take into account the needs of the Romanian community in the country, the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest said on Thursday, adding that Kiev’s position on the matter “regrettable.”

The legislation, adopted earlier this month, was one the EU’s key conditions for beginning accession talks with Kiev.

• The Romanian ministry said in a statement that, while the European Commission recommended that Ukraine should be granted EU candidate status, it also insisted that Kiev should reform legislation “regarding the rights of persons belonging to national minorities.”

It went on to say that it “considers it regrettable that the law was adopted in the absence of a new consultation with the Venice Commission,” an advisory body of the Council of Europe, comprised of independent experts on constitutional law.

“It is also regrettable that the law was adopted in the absence of an adequate consultation with the representatives of the Romanian community in Ukraine, as requested by the Romanian side,” the ministry added.

• Ukraine’s new law on national minorities has failed to take into account the needs of the Romanian community in the country, the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest said on Thursday, adding that Kiev’s position on the matter “regrettable.” The legislation, adopted earlier this month, was one the EU’s key conditions for beginning accession talks with Kiev.

The Romanian ministry said in a statement that, while the European Commission recommended that Ukraine should be granted EU candidate status, it also insisted that Kiev should reform legislation “regarding the rights of persons belonging to national minorities.”

It went on to say that it “considers it regrettable that the law was adopted in the absence of a new consultation with the Venice Commission,” an advisory body of the Council of Europe, comprised of independent experts on constitutional law.

• “It is also regrettable that the law was adopted in the absence of an adequate consultation with the representatives of the Romanian community in Ukraine, as requested by the Romanian side,” the ministry added.

Source: RT