The heads of state during a meeting something actively discussed
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky met with a colleague from Switzerland Simonetta Sommaruga, which arrived in Kyiv last night.
Swiss President greeted traditionally with a red carpet, a band and honor guard. Zelensky met Sommaruga, after which she shook hands with the military, and then with members of the Ukrainian government.
Before you go to the Mariinsky Palace, the President slowly moved into the courtyard and actively discussed something.
As reported “Today”, Zelensky first time since quarantine takes the President of another country. Sommaruga first thing will hold talks with Zelensky one-on-one, and then in the composition of delegations. The parties plan to discuss a broad range of issues of bilateral Ukrainian-Swiss relations and cooperation between the parties in the international arena.
An important aspect of this visit will be a joint trip Sommaruga and Zelensky in the Donbass, to acquaint her with the situation at the front, security policy and socio-economic situation in the region, as well as the implementation of the projects of the Swiss humanitarian aid.
We will remind, in March of this year, the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkov was on an official visit to the Swiss capital. According to him, Switzerland will help Ukraine with moneythat will be spent on the reform of the decentralization and water treatment in the East of Ukraine. He also noted that Switzerland is among the five countries that most invest in Ukraine, and it is the only state that the sixth year running helps on both sides of the line of differentiation on Donbass.