The First Deputy Minister Emine Dzhaparova held a meeting with Ambassador of Palestine to Ukraine Hashem Dajani.

During the meeting, the parties pointed out the importance of continuing the practice of holding political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Ukraine and Palestine. Interlocutors agreed to include the issues of economic cooperation into the schedule of the next round of the consultations.

The Ambassador noted the growth of trade turnover between Ukraine and Palestine and the interest of the Palestinian side to increase the volume of supplies of Ukrainian agricultural products to the Palestinian market. In this context, the parties are expected to work together to organize a visit of Palestinian businessmen to Ukraine after normalization of the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Emine Dzhaparova drew the attention of the Palestinian side to the state of human rights on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea temporary occupied by the Russian Federation, to the ethnic and religious discrimination, as well as to the necessity of garnering international support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and countering attempts of the Russian Federation to legitimize the temporary occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and separate areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

The parties exchanged views on the latest developments in the Middle East and prospects of a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.