Foreign Secretary Call with Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine

The Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, spoke with Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, today.

Please find their respective tweets on the conversation linked here: Ed Miliband tweet, Andrii Sybiha tweet.

An FCDO Spokesperson said: 

The Foreign Secretary has chosen his first diplomatic engagement to be a call with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine. 

This demonstrates this government's commitment to continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Ukraine, as Britain has done for the last four years. 

Russia's assault on Ukraine is an unprovoked, premediated and barbaric attack against a sovereign democratic state. We will continue to exert maximum economic pressure on Russia in pursuit of a just and lasting peace.