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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Miroslav Lajčák visits Ukraine

21 January 2019

Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, arrives in Kyiv for his first official visit as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, 15 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák (centre-right), OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, meets with Volodymyr Groysman (left), Prime Minister of Ukraine, during his first visit as CiO to Ukraine, 15 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák (centre-right), OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, meets with Stepan Poltorak (centre-left), Defence Minister of Ukraine, Kyiv, 15 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, and Pavlo Klimkin, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, during a press briefing, Kyiv, 15 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Head of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, and Ambassador Martin Sajdik, Personal Representative of the CiO, brief OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Miroslav Lajčák on their work, achievements and challenges for the year ahead, Kyiv, 15 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, adresses staff members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Severodonetsk,16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák (left), OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, visits the Luhansk Regional Hospital in Lysychansk to hand over 24 tons of humanitarian aid during his first official visit to Ukraine,16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, greets monitors from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine on his way to visit the broken bridge at the entry-exit point in Stanica Luhanska, 16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, receives briefing while visiting the entry-exit point on the Line of Contact at Stanica Luhanska, 16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross brief Miroslav Lajčák, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, on their daily work at the entry-exit point in Stanica Luhanska, 16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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People crossing the Line of Contact at the entry-exit point in Stanica Luhanska, the only open crossing point in the Luhansk region, 16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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Patrol cars of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Stanica Luhanska entry-exit point, 16 January 2019. (OSCE/Tomas Bokor)

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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Miroslav Lajčák travelled to Ukraine on 15-16 January 2019. On his first official visit as OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Miroslav Lajčák witnessed the daily hardships experienced by people caught in the crisis in and around Ukraine. During his trip he met with Ukrainian Prime Minister, Volodymyr Groysman; Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin; Defence Minister, Stepan Poltorak and other officials.