Austria's new foreign minister meets with Zelenskyy
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Austria's new foreign minister, who was visiting Ukraine for the first time in this capacity.
Meinl-Reisinger posted on X a photo from her meeting with the president of Ukraine in Kyiv.
"Honoured to meet with President Zelenskyy. Stressed Austria’s strong support for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine backed by support of the international community. It is up to Russia to end its war of aggression," she wrote.
Honoured to meet with President @ZelenskyyUa. Stressed Austria’s strong support for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in #Ukraine backed by support of int’l community. It is up to Russia to end its war of aggression. Austria continues to stand with the people of #Ukraine! pic.twitter.com/JuooCRccCw
– Beate Meinl-Reisinger (@BMeinl) March 14, 2025
During a briefing alongside her Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha, Meinl-Reisinger emphasised that peace is more than just a temporary cessation of hostilities and reaffirmed her support for the principle that there should be no negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine and no discussions about Europe's future without Europe.
She also announced that Austria would allocate €5 million to Ukraine for demining efforts and €2 million for grain delivery.