President of Ukraine

Presidential Office

The parties focused on the preparation of the Second Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform to be held in Prague at the end of October this year. Ihor Zhovkva thanked Zdeněk Beránek for the readiness of the Czech side to host the Summit in the capital of the country.

The interlocutors discussed preparations for the next meeting at the ambassadorial level on the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula and the organization of the Global Peace Summit, in which the Republic of Korea plans to participate.

A key achievement was the approval by the G7 countries of a Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine, including the provision of security guarantees until Ukraine joins NATO.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Smyrnov met with Director-General of the European Commission for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert Jan Koopman. 

On the instructions of the President, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba made a working trip to Kherson region, where he presented the "Side by Side" initiative. Within the framework of this initiative, 15 regions of Ukraine will help rebuild the settlements of Kherson region suffered in hostilities and occupation by the Russian army.

During the official visit of the Ukrainian delegation headed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Czech Republic, the Head of the Presidential Office gave an exclusive interview to the largest public radio broadcaster in the Czech Republic, Český Rozhlas.

The meeting was a continuation of the previous consultations held on June 30 this year. Special attention within the meeting held at the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War was paid to consultations on the release of military and civilian prisoners held by Russia.

The Head of the President's Office expressed gratitude to Pietro Parolin for his willingness to facilitate the process of returning Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia to their homeland.

During the briefing, the diplomats were informed about the general situation in Ukraine, the current situation on the frontline and the assessment of the prospects for further actions of Russian troops, which continue to strive to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and retain the land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Andriy Yermak and US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, along with other participants of the meeting, watched, among other things, new exhibitions about the US assistance to Ukraine in the war of liberation against the Russian occupiers.