The Verkhovna Rada has voted for the resolution about the preservation of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Museum Complex and the future development of the National Kyiv Pechersk Historical and Cultural Complex.

The resolution was supported by 148 out of 417 MPs present in the session hall, with 226 votes necessary to adopt the document.

The resolution recommended that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and Kyiv City Administration has transfer the complex of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra to state ownership and under control of the central executive agency in charge of the Ukrainian heritage.

The document also offered adoption of a new general plan for the National Kyiv Pechersk Complex within the boundaries of its protected territory, which is a buffer zone of the UNESCO-protected objects.

It also offered that the Cabinet of Ministers and Kyiv authorities approve the state program of preserving of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and the development of the national museum complex.