President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, during a conversation with the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss, invited him to visit Ukraine.
“I was the first among foreign leaders to have a conversation with newly elected British Prime Minister Liz Truss. He invited her to Ukraine. He thanked the people of Britain for their leadership in defense and economic support for Ukraine. It is important that the UK is ready for further strengthening. We paid attention to security guarantees,” he wrote. on Twitter.
In addition, Zelensky and Truss discussed the participation of the UK in the restoration of Ukraine.
“We coordinated further pressure on the Russian Federation. The goal is to stop the aggression and bring the perpetrators to justice. It is important to recognize Russia as a terrorist state. We will continue active cooperation in all formats,” Zelensky also wrote.
The bravery of the Ukrainian leadership and people is immense, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tweeted after a conversation with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
“The UK is doing all we can to support including defensive weapons and humanitarian aid,” Truss said.
British Secretary of State Liz Truss will make her first visit to Ukraine on Thursday, February 17, at the invitation of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
“The visit of the head of the British Foreign Office is aimed at deepening the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United Kingdom, coordinating further actions to strengthen security on the European continent,” the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
Kuleba and Truss will hold talks on joint measures to deter the Russian Federation from further aggression, practical support for Ukraine from the UK in strengthening its defense capability.
“The heads of foreign affairs agencies will discuss a wide range of issues of the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the UK in the field of security, including cybersecurity, as well as in the areas of trade and investment,” the report says.
Kuleba and Truss will hold a joint press conference online.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who canceled her visit to Ukraine due to coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, said that she would go to Kyiv as soon as possible, and also plans to visit Moscow.
“She expressed her deep disappointment at being unable to travel to Ukraine this week, but hopes to reschedule her visit soon and said she plans to visit Moscow shortly,” according to a press release posted on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s website, following a conversation between Truss and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba.
Truss herself also said on Twitter that she would travel to Ukraine “as soon as possible.”
The British and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers discussed, in particular, “how responding decisively and strongly to the Kremlin now will help deter future as well as present Russian aggression.”
On Monday, Truss said she had infected with COVID-19 and would work from home during the lockdown. That is why she was not able to accompany British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his visit to Ukraine on Tuesday, as previously planned.
On January 30, the prime minister’s office said that Truss would pay a visit to Moscow in the next two weeks.
