Ukrainian President, Petro Poroshenko, arrived on a state visit to Israel on Tuesday, December 22. Thus far, Poroshenko has met with the Speaker of the Knesset, Yuli Edelstein, President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

According to the Russain-Ukrainian news agency, Interfax, the Ukrainian leader was initially supposed to pay an official visit to Israel, but the Israeli authorities upgraded it to a state visit several days before the trip..