foreign media: ukraine's new foreign minister published a long article revealing his top priority during his tenure, mentioning "weapons" three times
2024-09-08
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[global times reporter chen yitong] "weapons, weapons, weapons." according to the european version of the "political news network", "ukrainian pravda" and other media reports, this is what ukraine's new foreign minister sibiga revealed as one of his top priorities during his tenure.
file photo of ukraine's new foreign minister sibiga source: foreign media
according to xinhua news agency, on september 5, local time, the ukrainian verkhovna rada (parliament) voted to appoint andrei sibiga as the new foreign minister. it is reported that sibiga, 49 years old, has served as ukrainian ambassador to turkey and deputy director of the ukrainian presidential office. in april this year, he was appointed as the first deputy minister of the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs.
the european version of "politico" said that sibega wasted no time after taking office and immediately made clear his top priorities.
"the top priority of ukrainian diplomacy - from ambassadors to embassy attachés - is to ensure ukraine's national defense capabilities. weapons, weapons, weapons," sibiga wrote in a long post on facebook on friday (september 6). he added that the top priority is to remove all artificial restrictions on the supply of western weapons and their use in russia.
the european version of the "politico news network" mentioned that sibiga also said that joining the european union and nato is another priority for the ukrainian government. according to the ukrainian "kiev independent", sibiga was one of the first officials to announce the signing of ukraine's application to join the european union. the report said that the announcement was made four days after the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict.
politico europe reported that sibiga also hinted at a thorough reform of ukraine's diplomatic institutions to "adapt to the new geopolitical reality." "there will be personnel changes, including new ambassadors and consuls general," sibiga said.
according to the ukrainian pravda, sibiga said that ukraine's foreign policy strategy will be modified "according to the current situation of the (russian-ukrainian) conflict", but he did not provide specific details. in addition, he also mentioned other tasks such as developing diplomacy in legislation and economy, involving professionals and enterprises in the formulation of foreign policy, and cooperating with ukrainians abroad.
