Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet Irish premier Simon Harris at Shannon Airport on Saturday.
It will be the first bilateral meeting with Mr Zelenskiy on Irish soil and will focus on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
While discussing the future of the conflict, Mr Harris is expected to express his condolences for the citizens whom Ukraine has lost in the war including the bombing of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital earlier this week.
He will also express Ireland’s full support for Ukraine’s bid towards EU membership.
Mr Harris, who became Taoiseach in April, will offer further Irish assistance for thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly relocated to Russia and Belarus and entered into Russian re-education programmes since the war began.
He will confirm Ireland’s membership of an international coalition for the return of the estimated 20,000 children.
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