STA, 28 March 2022 - Slovenia's interim chargé d'affaires Boštjan Lesjak arrived in Kyiv safely Sunday night, the Foreign Ministry said. The Slovenian Embassy in Kyiv reopened today.
According to the ministry, Lesjak said upon arrival that the town was deserted, and that alarms and detonations could be heard in the distance but other than that life was normal for those who stayed in the Ukrainian capital.
Slovenia's Ambassador to Ukraine Tomaž Mencin continues with his work from Rzeszow, a town on the Polish-Ukrainian border where most other ambassadors operate from, the ministry said.
Boštjan Lesjak je varno prispel v Kijev, kjer bo začel z delom začasnega odpravnika poslov R Slovenije ?? v Ukrajini ??.
— MFA Slovenia (@MZZRS) March 27, 2022
“Mesto je prazno, slišijo se alarmi in detonacije v daljavi, sicer pa življenje za tiste, ki so ostali v prestolnici, poteka normalno,” je dejal ob prihodu. pic.twitter.com/4DA0iI0jwc
The ministry told the STA today that Lesjak was accompanied by another official, but no more information was provided.
Prime Minister Janez Janša said in a tweet this morning that the Slovenian Embassy had reopened and that a Slovenian team was in Kyiv.
"We are back. The Slovenian and European flags flutter again in front of the Slovenian Embassy in Kyiv. When the team travelled to the Ukrainian capital yesterday, they saw many civilians returning to the city," he tweeted.
