Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First, it is important for us not be naive in terms of our own potential influence. However, we will continue to offer Ireland as a country that wants to explore compromise and solutions. We will continue to keep talking, as is happening at Security Council level and elsewhere.

I plan to reopen our embassy in Kyiv. It is a step-by-step process because we have to manage the security consequences of doing so. It should not be forgotten that I opened the embassy only last August. That thriving European city has, unfortunately, changed so much since then. Our ambassador is super, very able and anxious to get back to Kyiv. I am anxious to reopen the embassy there and we will do so in a step-by-step process. We are already moving back to Warsaw in Poland as the first step in that direction. When we have the security issues assessed and resolved to my satisfaction, we will move to reopening the embassy in Kyiv. I hope to be able to do that as soon as is practically possible.

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