Slovakia–Ukraine relations

Slovakia–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between Slovakia and Ukraine. Both countries established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1993. Slovakia has an embassy in Kyiv, a general consulate in Uzhhorod, and 2 honorary consulates (in Donetsk and Uzhhorod). Ukraine has an embassy in Bratislava and a general consulate in Prešov.

Slovakia–Ukraine relations
Map indicating locations of Slovakia and Ukraine

Slovakia
Ukraine
Ukrainian and Slovak flags
Former Presidents Victor Yanukovych of Ukraine and Ivan Gašparovič of Slovakia in 2011
Present Presidents Zuzana Čaputová of Slovakia and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine in 2019

The countries share 97 km of common border. There are between 40,000 and 100,000 people of Ukrainian descent living in Slovakia.

During the Interwar era the Ukrainian Oblast Zakarpattia was part of Czechoslovakia, before being ceded to Hungary.[1] History When Mykhailo Kovacs visited Ukraine in 1993, the Agreement of Good Neighborly relations was signed and ramifications were made. Multiple vists have been made from the SR to Ukraine from 2000 to present. In March 2022, the Slovak embassy in Kyiv temporarily suspended its work due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The embassy resumed its work on April 12 of the same year.[2]

In April 2023, Slovakia banned the import of food from Ukraine, following similar decisions made by Poland and Hungary.[3]

Ukraine's Uzhhorod Airport is located the Slovakia Ukraine border. The planes landing or taking off at the airport might have to use Slovak airspace.[4]

See also

References
  1. Serhy Yekelchyk (2007). Ukraine: birth of a modern nation. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 128–130. ISBN 978-0-19-530546-3.
  2. https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/slovakiya-gotovitsya-vozobnovit-rabotu-posolstva-1649765055.html
  3. Henley, Jon; correspondent, Europe (2023-04-17). "Slovakia joins Poland and Hungary in halting Ukraine grain imports". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  4. https://www.airlive.net/uzhhorod-is-now-the-most-sensitive-airport-in-ukraine-as-it-literally-touches-slovakia-a-nato-country/amp/
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