President of Ukraine

President met with the Prime Minister of Greece

1 November 2021 - 22:02

President met with the Prime Minister of Greece

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

During the meeting, a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the context of Ukraine's European and Euro-Atlantic integration was discussed.

"Our countries have recently shown a clear example of successful cooperation in fighting fires in Greece. Ukraine is always ready to come to the aid of partners," Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed.

The President thanked Greece for its continued support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and participation in the founding summit of the Crimea Platform.

"We expect that Greece will actively join the work of the Crimea Platform," the President said.

Special attention during the meeting was paid to the issues of European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed the importance of recognizing Ukraine's European perspective for the success of the transformation process in our country. The Ukrainian President expressed hope that Greece will be among those countries that will support Ukraine's European perspective.

The Head of State informed Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the security situation in Donbas and the state of negotiations within the Normandy and Minsk formats.

The interlocutors also exchanged information on the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic in both countries and the steps taken to overcome it.

The parties discussed the events of political dialogue for the near future and ways to intensify bilateral cooperation in the areas of mutual interest.

The exchange of visits was agreed to intensify bilateral cooperation.