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Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin will pay a working visit to Israel on June 18-19, where he will hold meetings with Prime Minister of this country Benjamin Netanyahu and the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III and will take part in the Eleventh Session of the Joint Ukrainian – Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Jerusalem.

“The Commission will discuss the key issues of bilateral trade and economic cooperation, in particular, the prospects of interaction in the spheres of trade, investments, tourism, agriculture, innovations, energy, communications etc. A Protocol of the Eleventh Meeting of the Commission is planned to be signed,” the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry noted that that the Commission is co-chaired by Klimkin from the Ukrainian side, and the Israeli side of the Commission is headed by Minister of Environmental Protection of Israel, the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Zeev Elkin.

“During the visit, Klimkin is planning to meet also with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and with the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III,” the MFA said.