KYIV, May 20 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting in Kyiv with Mark Daly, Chair of the Upper House of the Irish Parliament, and Sean O Fearghaíl, Chair of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament, at which he discussed the development of decisions on the confiscation of Russian assets for their further transfer to Ukraine.

The parties discussed the global challenges caused by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in particular, the enemy's attempts to create a food and migration crisis. Shmyhal said that Ukraine is closely cooperating with the UN in the humanitarian sphere, in particular, in the issue of supplying food, water and medicines to territories that are in dire need of it. The prime minister thanked Ireland for humanitarian, financial and military assistance," the government said in a statement following the meeting.

Shmyhal also raised the issue of demining the territories of Ukraine and called for any possible support in this direction.

The echoes of this war will be heard for a long time. But we must make every effort to save human lives," he said. (om/ez)