Current events

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy notes that the work is currently underway to return Ukrainian citizens illegally detained in the occupied territories and in the Russian Federation. He expressed hope that an agreement on the date of the release of the first part of captives will be reached shortly.

Ukraine and Turkey have agreed to speed up the work on the text of the Free Trade Agreement and step up cooperation in the transport, energy supply and aviation sectors, as stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Ukraine and Turkey will continue to build political partnership, interact within international organizations, cooperate on security issues,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The document reaffirms the unwavering support by Turkey for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and outlines priorities in all spheres of development of the Ukrainian-Turkish strategic partnership (in particular, political, security, military, trade, economic and defense-industrial), the implementation of which will enhance the pragmatic component of strategic partnership between the two countries.

The eighth meeting of the High Level Strategic Council was held in Kyiv under the chairmanship of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy started a meeting with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who is on an official visit to Ukraine.

The Head of State reminded that the issue of heating tariffs, as well as the implementation of the energy efficiency measures that would help reduce public spending on utilities had been discussed at a meeting of the Community and Territorial Development Council in December 2019. Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard information about the steps taken to decrease the cost of services and reduce energy consumption over the given period.