Local self-government and territorial power arrangement reform in Ukraine has been one of the most successful lately, according to the European states and institutions representatives assessment. The latter ones used to carry out such a reform and provided expert assistance to Ukraine in forming the legislative basis of changes in the territory administration system but no one imposed their conditions on them. Because everybody understands that each country has its peculiarities, and what suite one country perfectly well, may be inefficient for another country.

It was highlighted during the meeting of Vyacheslav Nehoda, Deputy Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Ukraine Kostadin Kodzhabashev.

The Bulgarian party expressed its being interested in the integrity retention of the Bolgrad district of the Odesa region after the administrative and territorial reform completion.

The Ukrainian party informed that the local self-government and power territorial arrangement reform in Ukraine is based on the European Charter of Local Self-Government, ratified by Ukraine in 1997. All the legislative basis of the reform, being drafted, is sent to the Council of Europe for the expertise.