Australia has decided to resume the full work of the embassy in Ukraine.
This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
According to the message, on December 18, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong made the first bilateral visit of the head of the Australian Foreign Ministry to Ukraine in ten years, she and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held detailed negotiations, the key topic of which was additional support for Ukraine from Australia.
"The ministers agreed to resume the full work of the Australian Embassy in Ukraine. Andrii Sybiha expressed his belief that such a step will contribute to the further strengthening of bilateral cooperation between the two states," the message says.
During the press conference, Wong announced that from January, Australian Ambassador Paul Lehmann will work in Kyiv and the embassy will resume its work.
"We have always said that we will do this when it is safe. We have been working to restore security measures to make that happen. And I am very pleased to be here to announce the resumption of the Australian Embassy and that from next month our Ambassador Lehmann will be based here in Kyiv," Wong said.
In early 2022, Australia first moved its embassy from Kyiv to Lviv due to the threat of russian invasion, and on February 22, 2022, it closed its representative office in Ukraine. Until now, the embassy has been operating in Poland.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in October, Australia decided to transfer to Ukraine 49 American-made M1A1 Abrams tanks, the service life of which in the Australian army is due to end soon.
In March, Australia decided to join the "drone coalition" for Ukraine, and in November - to the international coalition of countries that will work on the return of Ukrainian children deported by russia.
In February, Australia decided to provide AUD 50 million (about USD 32.4 million) to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities.
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