The State Archive Committee of Ukraine and the General Directorate of State Archives of Poland have agreed on cooperation.

Ukrainian News learned this from the press service of the Ukrainian Embassy in Warsaw.

According to the embassy, the countries signed the agreement in Warsaw on October 17.

"This agreement will facilitate the expansion of cooperation between the archive departments of the countries and define concretely obligations of the sides in realization of the Joint Ukrainian-Polish Spiritual Heritage Project," the press service said.

During the talks that preceded the signing of the agreement, representatives of the archive agencies of Ukraine and Poland agreed to create a team of experts for return of archive valuables and organize a meeting of Polish archive specialists with Ukrainian specialists in Kyiv next May for the purpose of developing cooperation between them.

The sides also agreed to publish books in Ukrainian and Polish about regulatory framework of the archive business and build up cooperation in exchange of microfilms.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in February 2206, the Cabinet of Ministers voiced intention to allocate UAH 435.708 million from the national budget in 2006-2010 for development of the archive business.

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