Ireland to Reopen Its Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine
“As the Embassy resumes its operations on the ground in Kyiv, the team’s key priority will be renewing and building their network of contacts with Ukrainian government officials to better inform Ireland’s provision of support and assistance to the government and people of Ukraine,” Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, Simon Coveney pointed out in this regard, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
According to the Ministry, the Department of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine together with the EU and other international partners.
In addition, the Department continues to strongly advise against any travel to Ukraine for any purpose. The Ministry also explains that, like other embassies operating in Ukraine, the Irish embassy will have a limited capacity to provide any consular assistance in person.
On May 23, the Swiss Federal Council also announced its decision to reopen its embassy in Ukraine, which was temporarily closed due to the situation in Ukraine.
Through a statement, the Federal Council emphasized that five employees of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) will return to Kyiv.
Like Italy, Hungary also moved on to reopen its embassy in Ukraine after the security situation in Kyiv had improved.
In this regard, the country’s authorities announced that they had taken appropriate security measures, and now the embassy can maintain close contact with Ukrainian government bodies and offer assistance to Hungarian or other EU citizens in need from Kyiv.
At the same time, after temporarily moving the Italian embassy to Lviv in western Ukraine, Italy decided to move it back to Kyiv.
Commenting on the embassy’s reopening, ??Ambassador Pier Francesco Zazo said that Italy stands by the institutions of Ukraine. According to him, Italy is committed to helping Italian citizens in Ukraine, promoting dialogue and supporting solutions toward peace and the end of hostilities.
Spain is also the country that has supported and helped Ukraine by providing military equipment, humanitarian aid and welcoming Ukrainian refugees. The country also has decided to return the Spanish embassy to Kyiv.
Denmark was the first Nordic country to reopen its embassy in Ukraine in early May. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized at the time that from the Kyiv staff, the embassy staff would deal with political tasks related to the close Danish-Ukrainian relations, including the money and assistance the Danish government would provide to the Ukrainians.
