On 10 December, the last meeting of the second season of the New Country project (a joint project of LB.ua and EFI Group) took place, and it was dedicated to global challenges of 2025 in the context of international politics.
This time, we changed the format of the event - instead of the traditional expert panel discussion, we held a public interview. Andriy Sybiha, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, answered the questions of the moderator, LB.ua editor-in-chief Sonya Koshkina, and guests (including MPs, experts, public figures etc.).
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Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha.
Opening the meeting, Ihor Liski, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of EFI Group, LB.ua's partner in the project, noted the importance of such a public format for society.
"Diplomacy is one of the main fronts of our struggle for independence and the development of our country. I am grateful for the openness to this intellectual discussion, for the fact that these issues are discussed with society. I would very much like to see the mandate of our negotiators at the highest level be based on society. When the negotiations are based on the will of the brave Ukrainian nation, it will be a much stronger position," Liski said.
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Ihor Liski
"It is a special mission and responsibility to be a minister of a country at war. We need unity and synergy of all the actors involved in foreign policy, because this is the only way to achieve a real strategic result," says Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha.
What are Ukraine's chances of joining NATO, about the appointment of ambassadors, what is Ukraine's negotiating position, how to force Putin to negotiate - you will find answers to these and other questions in the full version of Andriy Sybiha's interview on LB.ua on 13 December. In the meantime, here is a photo report from the event.
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Andriy Sybiha
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Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha and Sonya Koshkina
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Editor-in-chief of LB.ua Sonya Koshkina
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Maryna Synhayivska, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of LB.ua
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha
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Iryna Fedoriv, head of the public initiative Golka
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Counsellor of the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko
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General Director of ADM Ukraine Iryna Prysyazhnyuk
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Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine on Strategic Communications and International Cooperation Dmytro Zolotukhin
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Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anton Korynevych
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Yuliya Shaipova, Head of European Integration Projects of the Centre for Economic Recovery
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MP Roman Hryshchuk
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Artem Shaipov, Legal Advisor of the USAID New Justice Program, co-founder of Ukrainian Global University
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MP Roman Kostenko
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MP Mykyta Poturayev
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MP Mykyta Poturayev
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha
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Olesya Ostafyeva
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Former Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki
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MP Lesya Zaburanna
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha
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Artem Shaipov and Maryna Synhayivska
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Olena Sotnyk, former MP, now in Ukraine Rassmusen Global
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Head of Communications and Public Relations of PrivatBank Olesya Zhulynska
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha
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Hennadiy Zubko, former Prime Minister — Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing
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Former MP and senior expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future Ihor Popov and his son Bohdan
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha
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Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Georgiy Tykhyy
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MP Mykhaylo Radutskyy
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Journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk
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Larysa Latipova, SOCAR Energy Ukraine, and judge Kostyantyn Kharakoz
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MP Volodymyr Vyatrovych
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Politician and diplomat Andriy Shevchenko
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Margaryta Sytnyk, public initiative GOLKA
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Former Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki
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From left to right: Olha Balytska, Olesya Zhulynska, Larysa Latipova, Olena Sotnyk
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Solomiya Bobrovska, Ihor Liski and Sonya Koshkina
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Solomiya Bobrovska and Vitaliy Deinega, Deputy Minister of Defence for Digital Development, founder of
the Come Back Alive Foundation
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Talks after discussion
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Ihor Liski, Andriy Sybiha and Sonya Koshkina
