On March 26, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Yevhen Perebyinis held an online meeting with State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Géza Andreas von Geyr.

The interlocutors focused on issues related to Ukraine’s European integration and cooperation with the German side in the context of further engagement with the European Union, in particular in connection with the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Kyiv. The Deputy Minister thanked Germany for its consistent support of Ukraine’s path toward EU membership and expressed hope for Berlin’s continued active role in Ukraine’s European integration process. He also expressed gratitude to German partners for their substantial assistance to Ukraine in the security, energy, and humanitarian spheres.

The parties also discussed preparations for the inaugural meeting of the Ukrainian-German intergovernmental consultations. Yevhen Perebyinis emphasized the importance of relaunching this format. “This will become a new effective mechanism for deepening cooperation between Ukraine and Germany and coordinating efforts in key areas of bilateral cooperation,” Yevhen Perebyinis noted.

The Deputy Minister informed the German side about Russia’s daily missile and drone attacks on Ukraine’s civilian and critical infrastructure, in particular about the barbaric strike by the Russian Federation on Lviv, which demonstrates Russia’s unwillingness to cease its military aggression against Ukraine.

For his part, Géza Andreas von Geyr reaffirmed Germany’s unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its readiness to further develop Ukrainian-German cooperation in the political, security, energy, humanitarian, and cultural spheres.