Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, met with Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, and representatives of Irish universities. During the meeting, representatives of the University College Cork and the University of Galway signed memorandums of understanding to join the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies.

Ukraine and Ireland have approved a partnership roadmap for at least the next five years. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this following his meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

We approved the Roadmap on Partnership between our countries – Ukraine and Ireland – for at least the next five years. We hope that during this period, Ukraine will already be a member of the European Union, and we are thankful to you for your support along this path. We appreciate that Ireland always approaches issues of pressure on Russia honestly and with principle, and primarily these are issues of sanctions and sanctions policy.

In Dublin, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska held a meeting with President of Ireland Catherine Connolly during their first official visit to the country.

In November, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held more than 20 meetings with leaders of states and international organizations, government representatives, and partner teams, as well as nearly 35 phone conversations.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, together with First Lady of France Brigitte Macron, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha, and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, took part in the opening of the Ukrainian Season in France.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska took part in the signing of a memorandum introducing a Ukrainian-language audio guide at the Cluny Museum – National Museum of the Middle Ages in Paris, as well as a declaration launching Ukrainian-language audio guides in an additional 14 museums that are part of Paris Musées.