French Ambassador - Consul General in Toronto returns to Kyiv
French Ambassador Etienne de Poncins has returned to the Ukrainian capital, French Consul General in Toronto Tudor Alexis has said.
"French ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Poncins raises the French flag to reopen our embassy in Kyiv & says ‘Kyiv has not been conquered, Ukraine has withstood the aggression and we want to be the closest possible to the authorities to bring support and express solidarity, " he said on Twitter Friday night.
As the French Foreign Ministry reported on April 14, the embassy will soon return to its permanent location in Kyiv. Alexis illustrated his post with a video of the raising of the French flag at the embassy in Kyiv in the presence of the ambassador.