Sibiga leaves Bucharest for Slovakia

After a series of meetings in the Romanian capital, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga is heading to Slovakia.

According to Yevropeiska Pravda, this was reported by the Foreign Ministry's press service.

Sybiga will leave for Slovakia on 18 September, immediately after the meetings in Bucharest that took place in the morning.

In Bratislava, he will meet with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister Robert Fico, and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanar.

‘The key topics of the talks will be ensuring support for Ukraine in countering Russian aggression, strengthening Slovakia's role in implementing President Zelenskyy's ‘peace formula’, supporting Ukraine on its path to EU and NATO membership, and implementing bilateral projects set out in the Roadmap for Joint Action between Ukraine and Slovakia,’ the Foreign Ministry said.

Following the talks, the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Slovakia will make statements to the press.

As announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the visits to Bucharest and Bratislava are part of Andriy Sybiga's regional tour.

The ministry noted that Andriy Sybiga is making his first visits to Ukraine's neighbours in his new post to signal Kyiv's commitment to ‘developing a pragmatic and predictable neighbourhood policy and prioritising the strategic goal of Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO’.

Author - Olena Madiak, 18/09/2024