Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs economic and security cooperation with Africa

Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs economic and security cooperation with Africa

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 19 2024, 06:32 PM • 42921 views

President Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of economic and security cooperation with Africa. He also emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation with Latin America and to strengthen the diplomatic presence in Asia.

Ukraine needs economic and security cooperation with Africa, as well as direct diplomatic work, in particular in the format of the Ukraine-Africa forum, which is to be held. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a meeting of heads of foreign diplomatic missions of Ukraine “Military Diplomacy: Resilience, Weapons, Victory,” UNN reports .

Africa - we need strong partnerships with those who respect international law. Ukraine needs economic cooperation with Africa, security cooperation, as well as direct diplomatic work, in particular in the format of the Ukraine-Africa forum, which is to be held. I am looking forward to it. Latin America - there are very good results in working with countries such as Chile and Argentina, with the Caribbean states. We need to increase cooperation, and the task of the relevant ambassadors and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is to implement our initiative to hold a Ukraine-Latin America summit

- Zelensky said.

Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine and Japan have achieved a true strategic partnership and should make this model of relations a model.

The entire Asian space and the Pacific Ocean region is now one of the centers of events where it is decided what the next decades will be like. Ukraine has its own view of global development, and it should be exclusively peaceful development within the framework of a rules-based world order. Ukraine is ready to join the relevant processes as a security donor and defender of the international order. We will strengthen our diplomatic presence in the Asian space

- Zelensky said.

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