The European Union (EU) is resuming its diplomatic presence in Kiev after temporarily transferring it to Poland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc announced on Friday.
EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas “is returning to Kiev to strengthen the EU’s presence and ensure support for our Ukrainian partners,” the bloc said on its official Twitter account on Saturday. Maasikas expressed his own positive thoughts on the social network.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell traveled to Ukraine on Friday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian officials.
“With this visit, the European Union is returning to Kiev,” Borrell published on Friday. “And I mean this literally: our head of delegation is back here, so we can work even more directly and more closely with our Ukrainian partners, ensuring support for Ukrainians.”
Italy also plans to reopen its embassy in Kiev after Easter, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday.
“Ambassador Pier Francesco Zazo and our embassy have never left Ukraine – they are in Lviv, in the west of the country. But now the time has come to give a big signal to the Ukrainians and thank them for driving Russian troops out of Kiev,” Di Maio told reporters in Volla, near Naples.
The foreign minister said some Italian citizens remained in Kiev and “are safer thanks to Ukrainian resistance”.
Slovenia has also reopened its embassy in Kiev since March 28, according to the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Source: CNN Brasil
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