French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attends a NATO foreign ministers meeting, amid Russia's special operation in Ukraine, at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/File Photo

France will "very soon" move back its embassy in Ukraine to the capital Kyiv from the western city of Lviv, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in a phone call.

Iran PressEurope: The French embassy was moved to Lviv in early March as conditions worsened on the ground after Russia started its special military operation in Ukraine in late February, the ministry statement said.

According to Reuters, European politicians have flocked to the Ukrainian capital since Russian forces withdrew from the country's north in the face of strong Ukrainian resistance earlier this month.

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