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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting on providing the youth living in the temporarily occupied territories with opportunities to obtain a passport of a Ukrainian citizen and assisting them in entering Ukrainian higher education institutions.

On Safer Internet Day, Commissioner of the President for Children's Rights Mykola Kuleba announced the launch of social and educational portal stop-sexting.in.ua together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the launch of information campaign #не_ведись aimed at explaining modern sexual risks on the Internet to children, parents and teachers.

The local authorities must approve a list of road construction and repair in the framework of the Great Construction project to be launched in March, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. The parties discussed the implementation of the agreements reached during the Normandy Summit in Paris on December 9, 2019.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged to abandon the pothole repair, enhance the weight-size control on highways, ensure the responsibility of contractors for the quality of road repair and intensify the fight against “tender trolls”.

Road construction is a priority for the Ukrainian authorities, that is why the implementation of the Great Construction project begins on March 1, 2020, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

During an official visit to Vatican City State, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena visited the Vatican museums, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica.

“Ukraine is willing to develop closer cooperation with the Holy See. We share common values and a common vision of the future,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted.

According to the President of Ukraine, it is important that the meeting with Pope Francis took place two months after the Paris summit in the Normandy format and before the scheduled meeting in Berlin. "I urged Pope Francis to help with the release of Ukrainians held in Donbas, Crimea and Russia," he said.

The agenda of the visit envisages an audience of the Head of State with His Holiness Pope Francis.