Ukraine wants to maintain friendly ties with all neighboring countries - Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants Ukraine to maintain good and strategic relations with all its neighbors as it does with Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

He said this at a joint press conference with the presidents of these countries in Kyiv on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports.

"Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have always stood with our state. I would like Ukraine to have relations with all its neighbors – family-like, friendly, partnership, strategic, honest and open [relations] with these leaders. [..] I am sure that the four states will be the first on all pages of the future history of the country. And our future is great because with such partners and friends, we will definitely win," Zelensky said.

He thanked the leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for their support of Ukraine, adding that they have always stood with Ukraine and have supported Ukrainians.

Presidents Andrzej Duda of Poland, Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania, Egils Levits of Latvia and Alar Karis of Estonia arrived in Kyiv on April 13. They visited towns near the Ukrainian capital where they saw firsthand the consequences of Russian war crimes.