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Ukraine and Belarus need to further develop cultural and information ties, as stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a speech in the final part of the Second Forum of the Regions of Ukraine and Belarus held in Zhytomyr.

Belarus remains a reliable partner for Ukraine helping bring peace to the Ukrainian territory, and the Ukrainian-Belarusian border is the border of peace and cooperation. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the final part of the Second Forum of the Regions of Ukraine and Belarus in Zhytomyr.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko within the Second Forum of the Regions of Ukraine and Belarus in Zhytomyr. The agenda of relations between the two countries was defined during the conversation of the heads of state in the narrow circle.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined the main fields of work of the Legal Reform Commission. The Head of State stressed that Ukrainian society was tired of promises of reforms and was expecting real changes.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine had agreed to the so-called Steinmeier formula. He also notes that local elections in Donbas can only take place under Ukrainian law and only after the troops are withdrawn and Ukraine regains control of the state border.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the issue of the next stage of release of detained persons had been discussed during the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on October 1. Volodymyr Zelenskyy also announced that an agreement had been reached on the beginning of the separation of troops in the area of Petrivske and Zolote.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and representatives of the Government and the National Bank of Ukraine participated in a joint meeting on financial and economic development of the country.

World-famous American actor, film director and producer Tom Cruise arrived in Kyiv at the invitation of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On the Adoption Day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Decree “On Certain Issues of Ensuring the Rights and Legal Interests of Orphans and Children Deprived of Parental Care, Development and Support for Family Types of Parenting”.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy together with his wife Olena met with adoptive parents, guardians, foster parents and caregivers on the Adoption Day, which is celebrated on September 30. "We would like to have no boarding schools at all. Children should be in families - live, grow up and feel like ordinary happy children,” the Head of State stressed.