Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a gathering along with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides, whose nation has begun its presidency of the Council of the EU.

Supply: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Zelenskyy wrote that Ukraine will work to make most progress in opening negotiating clusters throughout the subsequent six months of Cyprus's presidency of the Council of the EU.

Quote: "We mentioned this in the present day with the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, and I’m relying on productive cooperation. The president and I talked about strengthening sanctions towards Russia, which should stay in place so long as Russia's aggression and occupation proceed."

Particulars: The leaders additionally mentioned strengthening air defence, the manufacturing and provide of drones and Cyprus's participation in Ukraine assist programmes PURL and SAFE.

Background:

• On 7 January, Zelenskyy arrived in Cyprus, which is starting its time period holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
• Earlier, Christodoulides promised that his nation will make assist for Ukraine a precedence of its presidency of the Council of the EU.

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