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Israeli top diplomat reports arrival in Kiev, intention to meet with Zelensky

Eli Cohen said that he would reopen the Israeli embassy in Kiev
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen
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TEL AVIV, February 16. /TASS/. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen arrived on Thursday morning in Kiev, where he planned to meet with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Ukrainian top diplomat Dmitry Kuleba.

"I have now arrived in Kiev on the first visit of an Israeli minister to Ukraine since the beginning of the war. I will meet with President Zelensky and Foreign Minister Kuleba, I will reopen the Israeli embassy in Kiev, which will fully resume its regular activities, and I will visit Bucha and Babi Yar," Cohen wrote on his Twitter page.

"I have come to state that Israel supports Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in this difficult time for them," he added.

The minister also posted a photo from the train station in Kiev. According to the Jerusalem Post, Cohen flew to Poland overnight, from where he headed to the Ukrainian capital by train. In January, the Israeli minister announced that he planned to visit Ukraine, thus becoming the first Israeli minister to arrive in the country since the start of hostilities, but no specific dates were given.