KIEV, Dec. 27 - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said it is still holding out hope that the visit of Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to Israel, cancelled in the wake of Kiev's support of a U.N. Security Council condemning settlements on the West Bank, will take place in 2017. of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has expressed hope that the visit of Prime Minister of Ukraine to Israel will take place in 2017.

"We hope that the visit of the Ukrainian premier to the state of Israel will happen next year. Let the emotions calm down. This time will allow us to make progress on specific issues, and then the PM's visit will be even more effective than it would be today - on the day of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries," Andriy Zayets, the ministry's director of the Department of Middle East and Africa, said on TV channel 5 on Monday evening.