President William Ruto has urged Ukraine and Russia to embrace peace and not war to end hostilities.
The President spoke on Tuesday when he bid farewell to the Ukrainian Ambassador to Kenya, Andril Pravednyk, at State House, Nairobi.
Ruto said the Ambassador conveyed a goodwill message from President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The President added that the diplomatic relations between Kenya and Ukraine go back more than 30 years, cementing cooperation between the two countries in various areas.
“They include trade in grains, especially wheat and maize, and fertilisers from Ukraine. On its part, Kenya exports tea, coffee, flowers and cabbage,” he said.
The President said that the effects of the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year, have been felt far and wide, especially in the disruption of supply chains of grains, fuel and fertilisers.
He said that Kenya’s position on the war has been clear: The Country strongly believe in the UN Charter, and especially in national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The President firmly asserted that it is Kenya’s view that dialogue, not war, is the path to peace and an end to hostilities.
“Bid farewell to Ukraine Ambassador to Kenya Andril Pravednyk, State House, Nairobi, after his tour of duty,” he said.
Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia
launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago.
Over the past year, Russian forces have slowly
expanded the amount of territory they control, mostly in the east of Ukraine,
and have continued their recent barrage of air strikes on Kyiv and other
cities.
Despite US President Donald Trump's most recent push for an end to the war - hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Alaska and subsequently meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders - there has been no diplomatic breakthrough.
