During 8-12 April DG Pope made her first trip as DG to Ukraine. Her agenda consisted of high-level meetings with President Zelenskyy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, and the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko. The DG signed renewed bilateral cooperation agreements with the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy. She also visited project sites in Mykolaiv, Odesa and Bucha, hosted a donor briefing, and engaged with international and national press.