Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has approved the decision to establish the Foundation for the Support of Educational and Scientific Programs for the Youth in Ukraine and signed a corresponding decree.

"I've made an important decision to create the president's Foundation of the President of Ukraine to support educational and scientific programs for young people," he said during a meeting with students and postgraduate students in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Poroshenko signed a decree on the Foundation of the president of Ukraine to support educational and scientific programs for young people, the presidential website reported.