Kuleba supports idea of multiple citizenship in Ukraine

Multiple citizenship should become an element of state policy aimed at preserving and developing the global Ukrainian community.

This was stated by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, who addressed the Ukrainian World Congress, Ukrinform reports.

“It is absolutely necessary to keep them in contact with their Motherland. This is about the future of Ukraine and Ukrainian community. Therefore, multiple citizenship should be one of the elements of state policy aimed at preserving and developing the global Ukrainian community,” said the head of Ukrainian diplomacy.

Kuleba stressed his conviction of the need to introduce multiple citizenship because "it is necessary to be guided not by the fear of other people’s passports being issued in Ukraine but by the power of a Ukrainian passport in Ukraine and worldwide."

In his opinion, the state should open the opportunity for millions of Ukrainians abroad to keep their Ukrainian passport or obtain it, and to accept as a given fact that with Ukraine’s entry into the EU, the Ukrainian passports will have the same status as those of neighboring European states.

“Of course, this policy should be implemented wisely – gradually, starting with friendly allied countries. And of course, any dual citizenship with the aggressor or unfriendly countries must be prohibited,” the minister added.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky in 2021 filed with the Verkhovna Rada five laws on citizenship issues.

The Constitution of Ukraine (Article 4) stipulates that there shall be a single citizenship in Ukraine.