French foreign minister to attend Ukrainian Ambassadors' Conference in Kyiv
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot will visit Kyiv on Monday 21 July to take part in a conference of Ukrainian ambassadors.
On Monday morning, Barrot posted a photo from a Ukrainian train, noting that he was on his way to Kyiv.
"I will take part in the conference of ambassadors and, on behalf of France, reaffirm our unwavering support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and freedom of the Ukrainian people," Barrot wrote on X.
Je me rends à Kyiv. Je participerai à la conférence des ambassadeurs et réaffirmerai, au nom de la France, notre soutien indéfectible à la souveraineté, l’intégrité territoriale et la liberté du peuple Ukrainien.
🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/bPZj0h9gam– Jean-Noël Barrot (@jnbarrot) July 21, 2025
The Ukrainian Ambassadors Conference will be held in Kyiv on 21 July under the motto "From the power of diplomacy – to the diplomacy of power". President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to speak at the event.
On the eve of the conference, dozens of heads of Ukraine’s foreign diplomatic missions abroad visited Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
On Sunday 20 July, Zelenskyy stated that he had received a report from Sybiha, which led to them agreeing on the replacement of the heads of several embassies.
Zelenskyy signed a decree appointing Olha Stefanishyna as special envoy of the president of Ukraine for cooperation with the United States of America.