Ukraine to enhance cooperation with African countries – PM Shmyhal

Ukraine plans to enhance cooperation with African countries. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said this in a post on his Facebook page.

The meeting touched upon important current issues, including the involvement of African countries in implementing the Ukrainian President's Peace Formula.

"Ukraine will strengthen cooperation with African countries. We talked about this during a meeting with African journalists. Today, we suggest that our African partners work to find as many points of contact as possible," Shmyhal said.

The Prime Minister added that food security is one of the vital points of the "peace formula."

"About 400 million people, including those on the African continent, depend on our food exports. In this context, we touched upon the work of the alternative grain corridor. Despite Russia's blockade of the Black Sea ports, Ukraine retains the status of one of the guarantors of global food security," he said.

Shmyhal also spoke about the areas in which it is promising to develop relations: education, IT, and digitalization.

"We feel the readiness of African countries to cooperate more actively with Ukraine," the Prime Minister said.

Ukraine has started to improve its relations with Africa. President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, which was the first conversation between the two leaders in 20 years.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also visited South Africa, discussing strengthening cooperation between the two states.