OREANDA-NEWS. March 17, 2011. "The state will be supporting the publication of books in Ukraine," Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada Yuriy Miroshnichenko said, making comments on President Viktor Yanukovych vetoing the "On amending some laws of Ukraine to improve the procedure of state ordered publishing industry products".

"The President supports the general idea of the abovementioned law," Yuriy Miroshnychenko said, "the discussion about reasonability of the state supporting publishing industry are pointless because this area is a priority for us."

He said that the return of the law by the President to the Parliament with his proposals is a normal procedure and is aimed at improving the text of the law.