Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has commented on the fact that his new French counterpart, Stéphane Séjourné, arrived on his first visit to Kyiv. Source: Dmytro Kuleba at a joint briefing with Stéphane Séjourné; European Pravda Quote: "As far as I know, for the first time in the history of French diplomacy after the Second World War, its head is paying his first visit to Ukraine, which is evidence of Ukraine's important place in the priorities of French politics," Kuleba said.
Stéphane Séjourné, the newly-appointed foreign minister of France, is on his way to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: French newspaper Le Figaro, as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy had originally intended to meet with the previous foreign minister, Catherine Colonna, but plans were altered due to personnel changes in the government, Le Figaro's sources close to Séjourné explained.
The French president appointed 34-year-old education minister Gabriel Attal as prime minister in the hopes of appeasing a discontented electorate ahead of this year’s European Parliament elections.