History of bilateral relations

Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and the State of Kuwait were established on April 18, 1993 by signing a protocol during the visit of Ukraine’s government delegation led by Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma to the State of Kuwait.

A number of mutual visits on various levels and the opening of embassies contributed to the development of cooperation between Ukraine and Kuwait.

Bilateral visits

Visits of Heads of States:

- President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma (19 - 21 January 2003);

- President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (18-19 March, 2018).

Visits at the parliamentary level:

- Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the State of Kuwait S.Al-Fadalya (October 1995);

- Delegation of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine headed by D. Tabachnyk (February 2009);

- Delegation of the National Assembly of the State of Kuwait (October 2010);

- Delegation of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine headed by A.Artemenko (May, 2016);

- Delegation of the National Assembly of the State of Kuwait headed by F.Al-Shaii (July, 2016);

- Visit to Kuwait of the Special Representative of the President of Ukraine, People's Deputy R.Umerov (March 2022).

Visits by Heads of Governments and Ministries:

- Prime Minister of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma (April 1993);

- Minister of Defense of Ukraine Y.Marchuk (September 2003);

- Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine M.Rudkovskyy (November 2007);

- Minister of Economy of Ukraine B.Danylyshyn (May 2009);

- Minister of Health of the State of Kuwait H.As-Sayyer (January, April 2011);

- Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine K.Gryshchenko (December 2013);

- First Deputy Minister of information policy of Ukraine E.Dzhapparova (October, 2016);

- Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Kuwait Nimr As-Sabah (September, 2017);

- Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko (November 6-8, 2018) .

Visits at the level of representatives of Ministries of Foreign Affairs:

- Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine V.Yelchenko (May 2001);

- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Zlenko (January 2002);

- Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Mohammad Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (June 2004);

- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine K.Gryshchenko (22-24 January 2011);

- Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Y.Mykytenko (February 2011);

- Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine V.Mayko (March 2011);

- Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait K.Al-Jarallah (November, 2016);

- Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine S.Kyslytsia (February, 2018);

- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin (12-13 February, 2018);

In November 2016, February 2018 and September 2021, political consultations between the foreign ministries of Ukraine and Kuwait at the level of Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs were held in Kyiv and Kuwait.