OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Sweden’s Minster for Foreign Affairs Linde to visit Ukraine this week

VIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 13 June 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, will visit Ukraine this week on her second official visit to the country for meetings with senior-level officials.

Chairperson Linde will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The talks will focus on steps toward a sustainable resolution of the crisis in and around Ukraine in line with international law and OSCE commitments and principles, as well as the continued co-operation between the OSCE and Ukraine.

Chairperson Linde will also meet with the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in­Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) and the head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM). She will also meet with representatives of civil society.

Linde will travel to eastern Ukraine to see, first-hand, the steps taken to alleviate the humanitarian situation in conflict-affected areas. She will observe the work being carried out by the SMM on the ground. She will also visit Mariupol and the Azov Sea to see the security situation. 

The Chairperson will hold a press briefing on the 15 June. Please contact the Ukrainian MFA for more information.

For more information about Sweden's 2021 OSCE Chairpersonship, please visit the OSCE website: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship.