Europe 1 with AFP 08:00, May 30, 2022

The Quai d'Orsay indicated on Monday that the new head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, was making her first trip to Ukraine on Monday to "show France's solidarity with the Ukrainian people (...) in the face of Russian aggression".

The new head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, made her first trip to Ukraine on Monday to "show France's solidarity with the Ukrainian people (...) in the face of Russian aggression", said Monday the Quai d'Orsay.

The Minister will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, "to discuss in particular the blocking of grain and oilseed exports from Ukraine which raises real risks of food insecurity", specified the communiqué, which adds that the Minister will also go to Boutcha, a town where massacres of civilians attributed to Russian troops have taken place.

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