Tánaiste In Kyiv For EU Foreign Affairs Meeting

Monday, 2 October 2023 11:39

By Caoimhe Harney

The visit by 27 EU foreign ministers to the city had been a carefully guarded secret.

Tánaiste Micheál Martin is attending an extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Ukraine.

Mr Martin arrived in Kyiv overnight by train from Poland with other delegations amid tight security.

The visit by 27 EU foreign ministers to the city had been a carefully guarded secret.

Mr Martin said the presence of EU foreign ministers in the city would provide a powerful symbol of support to the Ukrainiain people as they continue to resist what he called Russia's "illegal and immoral" invasion of the country, which was in flagrant breach of the UN Charter.

The Tánaiste has also indicated there will be an expansion to the support given by the Defence Forces in training Ukrainian personnel.

He says a number of additional training programmes have been identified:

Pleased to be in Kyiv. A powerful symbol to have the EU’s Foreign Ministers here to stand with the people of Ukraine.

We will discuss Ukraine’s EU pathway, and ongoing supports. Ireland recently announced €23m in humanitarian aid, part of €210m in total support so far. pic.twitter.com/Za2XrKVl3K
— Micheál Martin (@MichealMartinTD) October 2, 2023

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