Zelenskyy thanks Qatar for role in returning Ukraine children on Doha visit
Al Jazeera
Ukrainian president thanks Qatar for its role in returning children ‘forcibly deported’ by Russia during the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during a visit to the Gulf country, voicing gratitude for Doha’s support for Ukraine’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
The Ukrainian president’s trip on Wednesday comes as Kyiv pushes to rally global support to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion.
Zelenskyy lauded Qatar’s role in “in returning children forcibly deported” by Russia. “We agreed to continue our cooperation in this area,” he said in a social media post.
Kyiv has accused Moscow of seizing thousands of Ukrainian children and teenagers and taking them to Russia since the beginning of the war in February 2022.
Russia denies the allegation and says it moved the children from fighting zones out of concern for their safety.
