KIEV, Feb. 3 - Foreign Pavlo Klimkin has carried out a visit to Israel in the framework of strengthening bilateral relations, said Kostiantyn Yeliseyev, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration.

"Klimkin has really carried out a visit to Israel and you know, this is due to the fact that we are trying to strengthen our partnership with this important country," he said at a briefing in Kiev on Friday.