Prime Minister Andrej Plenković met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday and pledged that the Croatian government would continue to strongly support Ukraine. This is the sixth visit by the prime minister to the Ukrainian capital since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022, the Novi list reports.
Ukraine, the prime minister said in a post on X, is resisting Russian aggression and has been doing so for four and a half years, defending not only its own freedom but also the security of the whole of Europe.
Croatia, he announced, will continue to share experience from the Homeland War alongside political, economic, and military support for Ukraine. This includes humanitarian demining, the prosecution of war crimes, care for war veterans, and the peaceful reintegration of occupied territories.
"We are focusing on further intensifying cooperation between the Croatian and Ukrainian defence industries," Plenković wrote.
The two leaders discussed additional European Union sanctions to increase pressure on Russia, international efforts to achieve peace, and security guarantees for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire agreement.
Plenković congratulated Zelenskyy on the opening of the first two negotiation clusters in the accession talks with the European Union. "We believe that Ukraine deserves a clear European perspective, and we will persist in this together," he said.
The prime minister arrived in Ky earlier in the day, taking part in the observance of Ukrainian Statehood Day and the fifth Ukraine–South East Europe summit.
