Pavlo Klimkin declares strengthening trust between Ukraine and Israel

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin is still in a two-day official visit to Israel.

The Minister has held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speaker of the Knesset Julius Edelstein, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Ze’ev Elkin. During the meeting Pavlo Klimkin has underlined that Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko pays special attention to the development of cooperation with the State of Israel as well as the Jewish community in Ukraine.

During the meetings the sides discussed plans for further development of Ukrainian-Israeli relations in the political, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres, as well as the security situation.

Moreover, it was agreed to hold the Days of Ukrainian Culture in Israel as well Days of Israeli culture in Ukraine in 2015.

The Minister also visited Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, praying in the Holy Land for a single indivisible Ukraine and its European future.  

In addition, Pavlo Klimkin visited Ukrainians who were seriously injured during the Revolution of Dignity and in the ATO, and are currently in the Kaplan medical center in the city of Rehovot.

The Foreign Minister also gave an interview to leading Israeli media. He answered questions about the situation in our country and the future development of relations between Ukraine and Israel.