French foreign minister to visit Kyiv Monday: statement

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will visit Kyiv on Monday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

“The minister wants to show France’s solidarity with the Ukrainian people and its full determination to reinforce its support… from a humanitarian and financial point of view, as well as in terms of supplying defence equipment,” it said.

Colonna will be the highest-ranking French official to visit Kyiv since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

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In addition to the capital, Colonna will also visit the town of Bucha, where Russian troops have been accused of committing war crimes against the civilian population.