site.btaOdesa to Host Minorities and Indigenous Peoples Forum

Southern Forum of National Minorities and the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine will be held in Odesa on September 5, said on Thursday Yaroslava Reznikova, Head of the Department of Culture, Nationalities and Religions at the Odesa Regional Military Administration.

The program includes discussions on key topics such as European integration processes concerning national minorities, the preservation of cultural heritage, youth active participation in public life, as well as addressing current issues facing national communities and indigenous peoples, Reznikova noted.

Participants in the upcoming meeting will include representatives of state and local institutions, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps and national-cultural organizations from Southern Ukraine.

The forum is organized by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience and the Odesa Regional Military Administration.