The Ukrainian government has announced to the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo its intention to open an embassy in Kinshasa next April, according to a verbal note from the government of Ukraine.

The announcement states: "From April 9 to 11, 2024, the Special Envoy of the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Special Representative of Ukraine for the Middle East and Africa Maksym Subkh will make a working visit to Kinshasa to inaugurate the Embassy of Ukraine in the DRC."

In another verbal note, the Ukrainian ambassador to Senegal has requested a meeting between Maksym Subkh and Christophe Lutundula, the Congolese minister of Foreign Affairs, in order to convey to him the message from the head of Ukrainian diplomacy.

Boni Tsala