Today, I am glad to welcome the President of Cyprus, Nikos @Christodulides, to Ukraine on his first visit. This visit comes shortly before Cyprus assumes the EU Presidency in January. We see it both as a sign of support for Ukraine and as a signal of our shared readiness to continue working together – for the benefit of both our states and all of Europe. I briefed the President on the situation in Ukraine, and we held a detailed discussion of our shared European agenda. Europe is now shaping a new global role for itself – all the events that have been taking place for almost four years now show that Europe’s role must be truly strong and effective. I am grateful to Cyprus for its support at the political level, including with regard to the negotiations on Ukraine’s EU membership. We expect the coming months to bring more progress in Ukraine’s path toward the European Union, and Cyprus’s Presidency can become significant in terms of opening clusters for Ukraine and enabling other necessary decisions. Thank you, Cyprus, for standing with Ukraine.(Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський)