The head of the Ukrainian diplomatic department specified that he plans to visit four or five countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is preparing visits to African countries as part of intensifying Ukraine’s relations with this continent. On Thursday, July 28, he announced this on the air of an information telethon.
“There will be four to five countries. I am preparing carefully. These are exclusively the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, that is, not the countries of North Africa, the Arabs, and we will go to Central Africa, ” Kuleba said.
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According to him, Ukraine’s foreign policy pays almost all of its attention to European and Euro-Atlantic issues, but in fact Ukraine’s interests “are found all over the world – in Asia, Africa, and Latin America .”
At the same time, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry noted that as soon as information about the preparation of the tour began to leak, “how Mr. Lavrov, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, immediately went to this region, trying to seize the moment to strengthen Russia’s position in this region.”
“They understand that we will be effective in this area. They have begun to oppose our efforts. But this does not stop us. We will definitely achieve our goals,” Kuleba said.
According to the minister, Ukraine’s positions in Africa have significantly lost in recent decades.
Kuleba noted that our state is taking this direction seriously: a special representative of Ukraine for the Middle East and Africa has been appointed, the president is talking on the phone with African leaders, and the first tour of the foreign minister on the continent is also done. prepared.
Earlier, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President, said that the trip of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Africa was the quintessence of Russian sadism.
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Source: korrespondent
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