The US Embassy in Ukraine hopes to return to Kyiv by the end of May
Christina Quinn ,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 2 , May , 2022 | War News
The US Embassy in Ukraine hopes to return to Kyiv at least by the end of May, if conditions allow, Chargé d’Affaires Christina Quinn told a news conference in Lviv on Monday .
The United States decided to close its embassy in Kyiv on February 14 and temporarily relocated a small number of remaining diplomats to Lviv just 10 days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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“We very much hope that the conditions will allow us to return to Kyiv by the end of the month,” Quinn said. “We listen to security experts, and when they tell us we can return, we will return.”
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Earlier, Quinn said in an interview that the move would be “important symbolically.”
However, the entire embassy will not return immediately, Quinn added.
“We usually have a very large embassy in Kyiv. Obviously, we will not all return at once. So everyone who returns in the first group really wants to return. And, of course, if someone had reservations, we would not force anyone to leave.” she said.
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By the way, many countries have already returned their embassies to Kyiv. Among them are the EU, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Vatican, Moldova, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Great Britain, South Korea, Azerbaijan and Denmark.
Source: Ukrgate