Yesterday at 21:37
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in New York. The parties positively assessed the first results of the implementation of the agreement on political cooperation, free trade and strategic partnership between the countries.
This is reported by UA with a link to the website of the Office of President of Ukraine.
“There are already concrete results of the Ukrainian-British cooperation in many areas for the incomplete year of the agreement” – the head of state emphasized.
In particular, the growth of bilateral trade by more than 70% was noted in the first half of this year.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Boris Johnson exchanged views on the security situation in eastern Ukraine, in particular in region of the Black and Azov Seas. The head of state thanked the UK for the support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and freedom of navigation in the region.
Special attention was paid to further cooperation with Great Britain on the development of the defense capabilities of Ukraine and the strengthening of the Ukrainian fleet.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked for the support of the British side in the creation of the Crimean Platform, as well as for the constant attention to the human rights situation in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The head of state gave to the British Prime Minister a list of almost 450 Ukrainians who are being illegally detained in the temporarily uncontrolled territories and in the Russian Federation. The parties discussed interaction in the field of energy, in particular nuclear energy, and challenges for the European region in connection with the implementation of the Nord Stream-2 project. The President of Ukraine stressed that this project is Russia’s geopolitical weapon.
They also discussed further measures of the political dialogue at the highest level, including the holding of the inaugural meeting of the Strategic Partnership Dialogue.
The head of state informed Boris Johnson of his intention to take part in the high-level segment of the 26th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which will be held in Glasgow on November 1-2.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Boris Johnson to visit Ukraine.
To remind, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in New York to participate in the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on the night of September 21 (Kyiv time). The head of state noted that his goal was not just to talk about the deoccupation of the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, but also to demand appropriate action.
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