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Kyiv unveils memorial plaque at first Swiss Embassy building

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland to Ukraine Felix Baumann and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha pose for a picture during the unveiling ceremony of a commemorative plaque on the facade of the building that housed the first Swiss Consulate at 42/5 Yevhena Chykalenka Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2026. Switzerland opened its first consulate in Kyiv in 1903. The consulate cooperated with the governments of independent Ukraine in 1917-1919. (Photo by Marianna Kotyk/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)