The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, defended this Wednesday that “the voice of Portugal is politically important” and thanked his Portuguese counterpart, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, for the visit to Kiev.
“Portugal’s voice is politically important,” Zelensky told a news conference at the Crimean Platform summit in kyiv.
The President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, listened to the press conference of his Ukrainian counterpart among the journalists.
Zelensky added that Portugal has supported Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion and stands with the Ukrainian authorities “to hold Russia accountable” for the crime of aggression.
The Ukrainian head of state thanked countries like Portugal for their support in various fields, for example in ammunition.
“Victory on the battlefield is very important, people are dying and countries are helping,” said Zelensky, on the eve of a year and a half of war in Ukraine, invaded by Russia on February 24, 2022.
Source: TSF
