The Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, Tobias Lindner, is holding security‑policy talks in Kyiv on 17 December.

On what is his first visit to Ukraine, he will meet Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. In addition to other high‑level representatives, including of the presidential administration, Mr Lindner will meet OSCE representatives in Ukraine. The talks will focus on the country’s regional and security‑policy situation and the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as well as the German Government’s ongoing support for Ukraine.

The trip continues the high‑level contacts between the German Government and Kyiv and underlines the importance the German Government attaches to relations between Ukraine and Germany.