On the first day of the annual meeting of heads of foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine 2025 under the slogan “From the power of diplomacy to the diplomacy of strength”, Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga announced plans to open four more embassies by the end of this year.
According to the MFA website, these are embassies in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, and Uruguay. At the same time, the Minister informed about the reduction of Ukraine’s diplomatic presence in Cuba. According to him, the freed-up resources will be used to strengthen Ukraine’s presence in the region.
The Minister also announced plans to open more than 10 new consular offices by the end of this year. The new consulates will be opened in Romania, Iraq, Italy, Germany, Slovakia, and two in France and Poland. In addition, the status of Ukraine’s consulates in Antalya and Gdansk will be raised to the level of consulates general.
Sybiga emphasized that Ukraine’s diplomatic service is initiating new strategies and revising previous ones.
“We look to the future and already see the global role of Ukraine, including in the post-war period. This is a meeting about the future and our geopolitical role,” he said.
In this context, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the first time initiated and prepared the Strategy of Ukraine on the Arctic, Antarctic and Oceans.
“This will allow us to guarantee Ukraine’s voice in global processes in the future,” he emphasized.
