The number of citizens of Ukrainians who visited Israel and Israeli who visited Ukraine since the introduction of the visa-free regime between the two states has increased tenfold, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said.

"Over the time of the existence of a visa-free regime between Ukraine and Israel the number of Ukrainians who have visited Israel and the number of Israelis who have visited Ukraine has increased tenfold," he said at a joint briefing with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Poroshenko also said that Israel will host the Days of Ukrainian Culture in December.