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Egypt and Ukraine will celebrate on 25 January the 30th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, which began in 1992.

On this occasion, Daily News Egypt interviewed the Chargé d’affaires of Ukraine in Cairo, Ruslan Nechai, to discuss aspects of the relations between the two countries. 

As we are celebrating 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties between Ukraine and Egypt, how do you see the bilateral relations at the present time?

As a diplomat, I have spent almost 15 years in Egypt across different periods since the 1990s. From my experience, I can affirm that despite the creeping coronavirus pandemic, since 2019, bilateral political relations between our countries have reached a qualitatively new level.

I am convinced that the revival of political dialogue was facilitated by friendly personal relations established between the leaders of our states, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, during their first meeting in New York on 25 September 2019, on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. The presidents later reaffirmed the high status of bilateral relations during telephone conversations in July 2020 and September 2021.