President Donald Tusk to visit Ukraine and the Caucasus region
President Tusk will travel to Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. On Monday 8 July, President Tusk and President Zelenskyy will both participate in the 21st EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv to discuss the way ahead for EU-Ukraine relations.
In Azerbaijan, President Tusk will meet President Ilham Aliyev before flying to Armenia, where he will meet President Armen Sarkissian and Prime Minister Nikol Pashynian. On Thursday 11 July, together with Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia, and Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia, he will open the 16th international Batumi Conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
In addition to bilateral relations, advancing regional cooperation and the future of the Eastern Partnership will also feature high on the agenda of the visit.
Monday 8 July 2019
Kyiv, Ukraine (local time)
13.00 Meeting with Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman
13.40 Press statements
EU-Ukraine summit
14.00 Official welcome by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and family photo
14.05 Leaders’ meeting
14.40 Plenary session
16.30 Joint press conference
17.00 Working dinner
Tuesday 9 July 2019
Baku, Azerbaijan (local time)
11.00 Meeting with President Ilham Aliyev
12.45 Press statements
13.35 Visit of the Baku International Sea Trade Port
Wednesday 10 July 2019
Yerevan, Armenia (local time)
11:00 Meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
11:45 Press statements
14:00 Meeting with President Armen Sarkissian,
Thursday 11 July 2019
Batumi, Georgia (local time)
Batumi International Conference
09.00 Official welcome by Minister for Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani
09.45 Keynote speech “Europe on the eve of a new decade”
10.00 Meeting with Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze
11.00 Press statements
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