OREANDA-NEWS. August 18, 2010. In preparation for the international scientific conference "Sustainable Development of the Carpathians and other mountain regions of Europe" scheduled on September 8 -10 in Uzhgorod, President Viktor Yanukovych has instructed Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to elaborate and approve by August 25 the plan of preparation for the event as well as to solve the issue of financing the preparation.

In addition, Minister for Foreign Affairs Kostyantyn Gryshchenko is to negotiate by August 20 with representatives of the Carpathian region states and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe the possibility of their participation in the conference.

The State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine and its Chairman Yuriy Plaksyuk were instructed to provide media coverage of the conference’s work.