Iceland–Ukraine relations are the

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between

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and

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, as well as cooperation between the two countries in

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and other

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Political dialogue

Unlike other

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, Ukraine's political dialogue with Iceland is characterized by irregularity and low intensity. It seems that the Icelandic side is more interested in maintaining bilateral relations than the Ukrainian side.Кривонос Р.А. Особливості співробітництва України з країнами Північної Європи // Україна в Європі: контекст міжнародних відносин: колективна монографія / За ред. А.І. Кудряченка. – К.: Фенікс, 2011. – С. 462. The last high-level visit from Ukraine to Iceland took place in May 2002, when the Ukrainian Foreign Minister

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visited the country. Since then, Icelandic Prime Minister

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(February 2004) and Icelandic Foreign Minister

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (born 23 March 1950) is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament), for the Progressive Party for the Northeast constituency starting in 1987 and was Chairman of the Progressive Par ...

(November 2006) have both paid an official visit to Ukraine.

2021–22 Russo-Ukrainian crisis

Icelandic Foreign Minister

Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir (born 4 November 1987) is an Icelandic lawyerTim Moore (8 March 2017)Iceland’s tourism boom — and backlash''Financial Times''. and politician of the Independence Party. She most recently served as ...

expressed support for Ukraine in the conflict, and said that Russia's actions "must have consequences".

Trade and economic relations

Trade and economic relations with Iceland since 2009 are limited to imports of Icelandic fresh and frozen

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to Ukraine. The volume of these imports and, accordingly, the total volume of bilateral trade in 2009 reached . In previous years, Ukraine exported to Iceland, however, in small quantities, industrial products. At the same time, Iceland is the 40th among 123 countries-investors in terms of direct investment in Ukraine. Direct investment from Iceland - $ 25 million. The largest of the Icelandic investments in Ukraine was the acquisition in 2006 by the Icelandic International Private Investment Bank together with other investors of a controlling stake (92.5%) in the shares of the Ukrainian Joint-Stock Commercial Bank Lviv in the amount of 8 million USD.

Diplomatic missions

* Iceland is accredited to Ukraine from its embassy in

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. * Ukraine is accredited to Iceland from its embassy in Helsinki, Finland.Embassy of Ukraine in Helsinki
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