In New Delhi, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga and India Subramanian Jaishankar officially inaugurated the Consulate General of Ukraine in Mumbai.
“Even during the war, we are expanding Ukraine’s diplomatic presence in India. This demonstrates our readiness to increase bilateral trade, cooperation and dialogue,” the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry quoted Sibiga as saying in a telegram on Tuesday.
According to the minister, India is demonstrating impressive technological progress. “Taking into account Ukrainian innovations and wartime know-how, technological cooperation between our countries has great potential,” Sibiga emphasized.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Sibiga is on a working visit to India from March 17 to 19.
The Czech Republic intends to open its consulate general in Dnipro, Czech President Petr Pavel said.
“We seek to strengthen our presence and deepen cooperation in Ukraine. To this end, we will delegate two persons who will work in Dnipro. We will open a consulate general there,” he said Friday at a joint press conference with the presidents of Ukraine and Slovakia in Kiev.
In particular, the work of the consulate will be connected with facilitation of projects of mutual cooperation of the Czech Republic in energy, economy, transport and housing in the reconstruction of Dnipropetrovsk region.
The timing of the opening was not reported.
