On video: the Israeli Embassy in Kiev after the evacuation (Photo: Reuters)
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is visiting the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, today (Thursday).
This, for the first time since the outbreak of the war with Russia.
As part of the visit, the minister is expected to announce the return of the Israeli Embassy in Ukraine to continuous activity, after it was stopped with the start of the war last year.
Cohen's visit is the first by an Israeli minister as well as a minister from the Middle East - since the outbreak of the war.
The minister is expected to meet with the President of the country Volodymyr Zelensky as well as with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kolba.
In addition, he will visit the site in Avi Yar and the city of Bucha.
Return to continuous activity.
Embassy of Israel in Kyiv (Photo: GettyImages)
"I arrived today for the first visit of an Israeli minister to Kiev since the outbreak of hostilities," said the minister.
"In the past year, Israel has stood by the Ukrainian people and by the side of Ukraine. Today we will raise the Israeli flag at the Israeli Embassy in Kiev, which will return to continuous activity with the aim of strengthening relations between the countries."
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