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27
August
2021

Zelensky, Emir of Qatar discuss cooperation in evacuating citizens from Afghanistan

KYIV. Aug 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in a telephone conversation with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani discussed cooperation with the aim of evacuating citizens from Afghanistan

According to the Office of the President of Ukraine, the parties discussed the possibility of establishing effective cooperation in order to evacuate citizens of Ukraine and other states from the territory of Afghanistan.

In addition, the leaders discussed the issues of attracting Qatari investments to the Ukrainian economy, in particular, the opening of joint ventures in the agrarian and industrial spheres and the building up of military-technical cooperation.

"I consider Qatar as one of the main partners in the Gulf region," Zelensky said, proposing to intensify cooperation to achieve concrete results.

In turn, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani congratulated Ukraine on the 30th anniversary of independence and stressed the importance of developing bilateral relations, in particular in the trade and economic sphere, and also accepted the invitation of the President to pay an official visit to Ukraine.