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Ukraine's Zelensky visits UAE to push for humanitarian aid, economic partnership
The Ukrainian leader posted a video of him getting off the plane in the country and holding talks with officials
- PUBLISHED: Mon 17 Feb 2025, 7:43 AM
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- AFP
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he had arrived in the UAE for a visit with a "large humanitarian programme", ahead of an expected meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky posted a video of him getting off the plane in the UAE and holding talks with officials.
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"An official visit with the First Lady to the United Arab Emirates," Zelensky said on Telegram.
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"The priority is to bring even more of our people home from captivity. As well as investment and economic partnership. A large humanitarian programme," he added.
He said this week that he planned to visit the country — as well as Turkey and Saudi Arabia — in the coming days.
But he said on Friday that he had no plans to meet with Russian or US officials there.
Moscow and Washington are preparing for a summit between their two leaders, with Europe and Kyiv worried they will try to settle the three-year war in Ukraine without them.
The UAE has been an important mediator between Russia and Ukraine, helping with prisoner exchanges and the return of Ukrainian children from Russia, throughout the war.