Swiss President Alain Berset arrived in Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky and attend the International Summit on Food Security scheduled for Nov. 25.
“The focus is on the impact of Russia’s war of aggression on world food security and Switzerland's long-term support for Ukraine,” Berset said on X upon arrival.
Switzerland approved the transfer of 25 decommissioned Leopard 2 tanks to Germany on Nov. 22 under the condition that they must not leave EU or NATO member states.
On 25 November, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal met with President of the Republic of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs in Kyiv.
The parties discussed the implementation of the Peace Formula of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and support for our European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. Denys Shmyhal stressed that Latvia's experience in this regard would be important for Ukraine.
"We greatly appreciate the assistance provided by our Latvian friends to our country. Latvia is one of the three largest donors of military aid to Ukraine in terms of the percentage of national GDP," Shmyhal said.
Czech parliament speakers Markéta Pekarová Adamová and Miloš Vystrčil arrived in Kyiv on Friday morning, where they are due to meet, along with other EU heads of parliament, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of Ukraine’s parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk.
Upon their arrival, the Czech politicians headed straight to the hotel shelter due to an ongoing air raid alert following an unusually intense Russian drone attack.
The speakers of both houses of the Czech parliament arrived in the Ukrainian capital at a time when the country’s leadership is trying to persuade the European Union to formally open talks on Ukraine’s accession to the bloc by the end of the year. While Czechia supports this step, the EU is not united on the issue.
