KYIV, Aug 14 - The European Union has decided to issue EUR 15.5 million of budget assistance to Ukraine for the reform of the public administration sector, the press service of the EU Delegation to Ukraine has reported.

Based on the results achieved by Ukraine in reforming the public administration sector in 2017, the EU decided to increase assistance to Ukraine in this important area of public policy. Some EUR 15.5 million of the total amount of EUR 90 million that constitute the EU's commitments to supporting this reform are to be transferred to the national budget of Ukraine for 2018, the agency said.

The EU noted this is the second payment after the first tranche of EUR 10 million, which was provided in May 2017.