New Irish PM talks to Zelenskyy on his second day in office

Simon Harris, the new Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, had a phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, on his second day in office on 10 April. Source: Zelenskyy on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda Details: Zelenskyy congratulated Harris on being elected as Taoiseach and thanked Ireland for its support for Ukraine.

Apr 10, 2024 - 18:27
New Irish PM talks to Zelenskyy on his second day in office

Simon Harris, the new Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, had a phone conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, on his second day in office on 10 April.

Source: Zelenskyy on Twitter (X), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Zelenskyy congratulated Harris on being elected as Taoiseach and thanked Ireland for its support for Ukraine.

Zelenskyy also invited Harris to participate in the Peace Summit in Switzerland and proposed to start bilateral negotiations on a Ukrainian-Irish security agreement.

Background:

  • The Irish Parliament voted to appoint Simon Harris, leader of the Fine Gael party, as prime minister on 9 April.
  • The only conversation Harris reported having before his call with Zelenskyy was with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
  • The previous Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, suddenly announced in March that he was resigning as leader of Fine Gael and would also resign as prime minister once the party had chosen his successor.

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