Pakistan–Ukraine relations
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Pakistan and Ukraine formally established diplomatic relations in 1992, one year after the Ukrainian Declaration of Independence. In recent years, the two countries have increasingly developed close economic and military ties.[1] In 2021, their bilateral trade turnover stood at US$411.8 million.[2]
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Pakistan |
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Embassy of Pakistan, Kyiv | Embassy of Ukraine, Islamabad |
The Pakistani government has an embassy in Kyiv, while the Ukrainian government has an embassy in Islamabad and honorary consulates in Karachi and Lahore. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, Pakistan has mostly voiced support for Ukrainian territorial integrity, but has avoided criticizing Russia directly. Though it initially limited aid to Ukraine for humanitarian purposes only, some reports have shown that Pakistan has delivered military equipment to Ukraine by funneling it through NATO countries, particularly the United Kingdom; the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied supplying armaments to the Ukrainian military. Pakistan's government has also called for a peaceful resolution via bilateral negotiations, noting that the country has been affected by the lack of Ukrainian wheat imports since Russia's invasion—a shortcoming that was temporarily relieved by the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which expired in July 2023.