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During a visit to the Republic of Türkiye, the wife of the President of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, met with the First Lady of Türkiye Emine Erdoğan, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and took part in the launching ceremony of the Hetman Ivan Mazepa corvette, which is being built for our country.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska told the Good Morning America (GMA) program on ABC channel about her newly created Olena Zelenska Foundation, which she presented on September 22 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York during her visit to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

First Lady of Ukraine held the phone conversation with Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden within the framework of the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, established by the First Lady in 2021. Ahead of the event, Her Majesty The Queen of Sweden sent a letter in support of the event.

In an interview with 60 Minutes Australia, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska urged not to tolerate war as a phenomenon of the modern world.

As part of her visit to New York on the occasion of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska visited the 9/11 Memorial, built on the site of the World Trade Center destroyed by the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

On September 22, Olena Zelenska presented her Foundation during a charity evening in New York. The Foundation's primary goal is to restore Ukraine's human capital so that every Ukrainian feels physically and mentally healthy, protected, and able to exercise their right to education, work, and build a future in Ukraine.

During her visit to New York, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska took part in the HeForShe global summit and the Women in Conflict forum within the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. The President's wife spoke about the situation of Ukrainian women in wartime conditions.

During a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in which Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal also took part, the First Lady thanked António Guterres for his personal efforts and the efforts of the leadership of the UN Secretariat and the entire free democratic world, which today supports and helps the Ukrainian people.

In particular, she met with First Lady of Poland Agata Kornhauser-Duda and First Lady of Lithuania Diana Nausėdienė within the Lublin Triangle.