00:00In an attempt to motivate people to come back home, Ukraine is allowing multiple citizenship for the first time ever in the country's history.
00:09The parliament in Kyiv, Verhovna Rada, decided in a bill passed on Wednesday.
00:13Oleksiy Chernyshov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and minister for national unity, says it is a crucial step to motivate the Ukrainians to come back home.
00:20Not only those who left after Russia's all-out war in 2022, but also those who had to leave Ukraine when Russia first invaded in 2014.
00:30There are Ukrainians who stepped into the citizenship of other countries, and we want to continue their Ukrainian identity to give this opportunity to them.
00:39Within the current setting, there was only one choice of Ukrainian passport, so now our citizens have the solution.
00:48Chernyshov told Euronews that Kyiv expects a third of those who left Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in early 2022 to come back once the peace solution is reached.
01:01I heard it from many ministers of European Union countries, and they value a lot Ukrainian presence.
01:09That is why we will also have to compete among the labor markets and to provide better conditions.
01:16That is why I am so keen on economic development and future increase of this component in Ukraine.
01:24We'll see you again in Brussels.
01:25In three years.
01:26Hopefully.
01:27See you next time.
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